Archive for the 8. Nova Scotia Category

July 23: Truro to Halifax (~115km)

Bikely map

With no climatic horrors, and with my host needing to head to work in the morning, I got on the road at around 9am. I stopped at a local community centre to recheck my route to Point Pleasant Park (for once I reached Halifax), and see the weather forecast for the day. I picked out the roads down, and saw that I finally had some light tailwinds again.

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July 22: Amherst to Truro (~125km)

Bikely map

Once again, rain furnished me with an excuse for a late start so by the time I'd shown my remaining route to the Atlantic Canada Cycling folks (who didn't really have any suggested improvements to make -- something I'd blame partly on consulting their website when planning the route back in Edmundston), breakfasted on the sweet and sour pork ration, broken camp, and gotten myself back on the road it was a little after noon.

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July 21: New Canaan to Amherst (~124km)

Bikely map

Between the late night the night before, attempting to avoid getting rained on too much by sleeping in a little extra, and trying not to have to deal with too many bugs, I wasn't really up until around 10am, and on the road until 12:30.

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