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As there was a blast air heater in my room hot lots of clothes washed and dried  That is always the travellers dilemma. There is a sprinkling of snow outside.

I looked at the normal temps for April in this  area a nything from minus 1 to 17. I got the wrong end. Even though it is sunny it is only 1 degree but at least driving wont be so scary until tomorrow when it is due to snow again. Thank goodness i brought a jacket nearly didnt! The same view this morning. Here are some pics of Sydney shere by chance i found the giant fiddle and the boardwalk and brunch. I was persauded to do the Cabot Trail. So took the little ferry across to the spit of land that sticks out into the lake. The sky might be blue but the water is grey and looks freezing. Then drove most of the way up the east side until i came to sharp bends up the mountain and was on the outside going 25 km and just felt that was enough. And here I am now in Baddeck with an enormous bed. Alexander Graham Bell lived here and there is ...

Awake at 1. Read the news, no emails or WhatsApp so a bit bored.  Now it's 7am. Got through the night with nothing untoward happening. I had put some washing out to dry only to find it is now covered in a light dusting of snow.  Had pancakes in Antogonish after a petrifying 100 km drive in snow and slippery roads through the forest.  Thankfully ok so far. Couldn't eat them so hit the road and the host here in Port Hawkesbury let me in early. This is what I'm missing. The view from my room through the window.  Had lunch of cinnamon bun a blueberry yogurt like I had for breakfast and a cup of coffee. Without a phone now that I have finished The Alchemist that I bought in Montreal I would be lost so look forward to Toronto and shops. Up here is quite back country and if you didn't know it was Canada you'd think you were in the Southern States- particularly the food, trucks and men's check shirts. Some live music where I'm hav...