Time: 3:18
Speed: 27.3 km/hr
Weather: Perfect, sunny, warm, mostly tailwinds
Flats: 0
We disembarked from the ferry around 10am. Cars and bikes are off first, then pedestrians. Because Nancy and I had a lot of luggage since we're are returning to the west coast from St. John's, we had to divide and conquer, Nancy handled the luggage while I got the bikes. A bit complicated since the bikes were let off directly onto the road but Nancy with the luggage was let off at the terminal...meaning I had a walk of about 1k with 2 bikes to make the connection with Nancy. Greg took our luggage on to Holyrood, thanks Greg, and we started the ride. It did not look good at the start, the wind was in our face and a couple of major hills but we made a turn after a few k and it became a pretty easy ride. We ran into a couple we met on the Gaspe Peninsula who were finishing their biking journey across Canada and had a nice chat at lunch with them after 45k. Then it was on to the TransCanada Hwy, a busy 4 lane road. The riding was easy because the shoulders were wide and smooth but not as enjoyable because of the traffic. Don't know if has been mentioned earlier but I have the worst cell phone in the world...affectionately known as my piece of sh** phone, and it died at the 75k mark, just when we needed it the most. A couple of calls to Heidi got us back on track and we made it to Holyrood OK but we weren't sure where the b&b only to find that the b&b we were staying at had plumbing problems and we had to move to other accommodation. It all worked out thanks to the host at the b&b. Last day tomorrow...yeah!
Cheers,
Dave and Nancy
3 comments:
Sending some digital high fives to the whole team!
We were advised to dip our wheels at Holyrood as there is no place to do that in St John's.
Also , you can probably dip your wheels at Quidi Vidi which is a little village not far from Signal Hill.
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