Given the ferry accident will delay my departure for Newfoundland and that I still need to repair the bike, I find a cheaper place to stay that also has a garage. Carmen knows of an elderly lady who lives on here own down by the lake and should be able to put me up for a few nights. I pack up and make the short ride to Mary Smiths house. She has a quaint little cottage and best of all an empty garage where I can work on the bike. Her garden also backs straight on...

The parts of the bike are meant to arrive in sydney (100km away) at lunchtime. The Miners museum is not far from Sydney so I spend the morning down a coal mine listening to the horrific stories from an old coal miner. I head into sydney mid-afternoon to check if the parts have arrived. I had expected that they wouldn't, an they haven't. I'm assured they will be here tomorrow. Back at the hostel I meet Kelly (Boston) and Sarah (Montreal) and we share a...

After working on the bike yesterday I take it for a short ride. Arriving back at the hostel I finally find the source of the water leak. It's coming from the water pump seal inspection hole. I call the nearest parts dealer and am told they can have the parts here by tomorrow so I put them I order and spend the rest of the day checking out the sights in the area.

It's raining softy when I wake up and not being in a rush I wait out the rain while reading. It stops before midday and I pack up and take a beautiful ride along the eastern portion of the Cabot Trail and into Baddeck, the home of Alexander Graham Bell in his later years. I visit the Bell museum before heading to a hostel recommended to me by a friend on Prince Edward Island. I spend the late afternoon fixing a few minor things on the bike and trying to find ...

I spend the day exploring the north of Cape Breton. The roads are the best I have ridden so far in Canada and heading north the off-road trails are great, if not beyond my skill level. That evening I'm searching for a place to camp when I find a great little cove. There is a small camper van already there and just about to abandon the idea when the owners come and say hello. Jim and Barbra are retirees from Ontario have been travelers since they met in the 60...