So today we achieved all of the things we failed at yesterday! The sun was shining when we got up so we knew the whale-watching trip would definitely go ahead. After breakfast we drove down to Red Cove Point this time and walked along the trail path, much of which was on boardwalk over boggy ground. So far so good....but the boardwalk was very slippery following yesterday's rain and Jill slipped over. It was actually one of those slips that only happen in cartoon...

Whilst yesterday had been windy but sunny we woke today to grey skies and rain. McLaughlin's Wharf Inn is set right amongst the wharf buildings and creek so offers atmospheric views all round. The Inn has 6 rooms but it turned out we were the only guests. It offers lunches in season so has quite a large dinning room which felt a little strange for just the two of us at breakfast. Anne looked after us very well providing a hearty start to the day with bacon and t...

We had a most substantial breakfast and enjoyed chatting to our hosts Gerry and Jane who had no other guests at the end of their season. After checking out we payed a brief visit to the Falls which were quite impressive despite having much less water flowing than say in Spring. Then we were on the road again with a 2/3 hour drive ahead and a plan to make the lunch-time ferry to Grand Manan. Sadly we didn't have time to visit the Potato Museum, the town that is h...

We had to have our last breakfast in Quebec at Le Hobbit of course. We'd like to tell you that our French had improved but Dave didn't hear/process at all when the waiter asked 'combien personne?' and Jill heard 'comment allez-vous?' and got a puzzled look when that's what she replied to that! Then it was off to Ertz (as pronounced locally) to pick up the hire car. Ertz were charging us lots as we were not returning the car to Quebec and we were leaving it across...

It was drizzling as we went out for breakfast: Cafe Le Hobbit again, why alter a good thing? And raining pretty hard by the time we'd finished breakfast so it was back to the hotel for waterproof trousers. We planned to catch the metrobus out to Montmorency Falls and knew we could catch the number we needed outside the hotel so suitably dressed we went out to wait for the bus. We'd researched the fares as well as could online and knew a single fare was $3 and t...