Day 7, back in Charlottetown

It was Barry's turn to drive, so Nancy and I suited up and set out, going along Highway 10 through many small towns: Augustine Cove, Tryon, Victoria, Hampton, Canoe Cove, and on to Cornwall. The day was great, not too cool or hot, but sunny. However, the wind was pretty tough when it was against you, as it was at times.
We stopped in Victoria, a lovely little town with more cultural affairs than its size would suggest.




There was a chocolatier, where we stopped for coffee and a bit of chocolate. But also a theatre, a cafe, an art gallery, and a tea room. And by chance, Barry showed up as well, so it was a good call.
And there was a wonderful, but elderly, Newfoundland dog there. Needless to say, I was very satisfied. Then we set off along the coast. Wind with us at times, against us at times, beside us at times. A challenge most of the time.
In the end, we biked about 62 km and then had lunch with Barry near Cornwall. The we put the bikes on the car, and settled into this B & B, call Tea Hill. We will head into Charlottetown for the afternoon and evening.
Barry had found us a very pleasant B & B run by an eighty-something woman named Jean, in a place called Tea Hill. We installed ourselves there, and then went into Charlottetown for the evening. This is an interesting town: it has a population of only 60,000, but has a very good commercial and cultural life, as far as we could tell. We ended up having supper at the Confederation Centre, after a beer at a local pub, then went home to an early bed.
One of the surprises we have found is that, although seafood is plentiful, there are not very many good restaurants which do the seafood in special ways. That's kind of disappointing. But we have had our clams and lobster and mussels. So life is pretty good that way.
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