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I ride my bike off the ferry with intense satisfaction and head for Sydney. Just inside town, two people are frantically waving and jumping up and down in a Tim Hortons parking lot – it’s my parents! I have a lovely time visiting with them in Cape Breton, especially staying at the beautiful Heritage House B&B in Baddeck (thanks Liz and Dick!).

Next I head over to Inverness where I get to know the locals at the Legion, then down the west coast of Cape Breton along a beautiful off-road trail. I visit a restaurant owned by the Rankin sisters in Mabou and the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre in Judique. After crossing to the mainland, I ride hard through hills and rain to the PEI ferry in Caribou.

Not very often I get to bike on a boat.

Playing my Wiplstix travel fiddle at the world’s largest fiddle in Sydney

Climbing Kelly’s Mountain

Took a misty drive along the Cabot Trail

Outside an art gallery on the Cabot Trail

Sunset in Inverness

On the Celtic Shores Coastal Trail.

The Atlantic was a bit chilly

But I went for a swim at Port Hood anyways!

Lupine everywhere

Distance biked in Nova Scotia: 409.3km

Total distance: 1547.3km