It was our last morning at the Eden Hall b&b, we were having breakfast in the dining room when a woman came in with her little guy Jack, about 9 months old......she sat at our table and within a few minutes we found out we are both from Vancouver. , ! What are the odds! We talked about the area comparing notes on what to do. She said they had stopped at a place just before the confederation bridge called Victoria and since the artist shops were closing for the season everything was 25% off and she had bought some beautiful pottery. The shop owner said come back tomorrow everything is 50% off! So guess were we were going on our way out of PEI ! We had also been told about this same sale by a local couple we met the night before. It was a great stop, very busy with shoppers. We purchased some gifts and a very special Grey rock with a crow image embedded on it.
Our trip over the bridge took us 10minutes this time and we were back in New Brunswick. Soon we were leaving New Brunswick and entering Nova Scotia, we stopped at the information station and the girl who we spoke to was most helpful. We left armed with maps and books of the areas we wanted to see, and best of all information about a fiddle/piano concert tonight.
Our drive was every bit as picturesque as we hoped, the weather was perfect. Leaves were beginning to be muted, yellows, oranges , apricot and some reds of varying degrees.....a bit like a faded antique carpet with flashes of red. We were told that strong winds had taken their toll on the foliage. It was, and is, still beautiful.
There are four distinct trails on Cape Breton and the first we were on Today was the Ceildhs Trail, (Scottish word pronounced Kay-lee) . We were heading for the Margaree Valley, which took us by Ainslie Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Nova Scotia. We are staying at a resort called Noraway Inn......it is eons old,charming but not too well maintained. The inn closes tomorrow and tonight it is full, the owners had already let most of the staff go so we were not able to stay for dinner but had to drive 8 minutes down the road.....and be back for the fiddle concert at 8pm.
The concert is in a barn on the property and we had tickets for the “balcony” which is the loft of the barn. The fiddlers, Brenda Stobbard, and George ? They Were really good, they both also played the piano. Brendas daughter who was in the audience with her beau was asked to come down from the loft and do some stepping, which she did. It was entertaining with some folk style jokes/stories and finished up with both fiddlers playing a piece together.
Back at the Inn we sat in the living room with a couple of other guests and chatted for a short while before turning in for the night.
It was a satisfying day, tomorrow we hope to find the music again. 🎶👍
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