We were supposed to have had rain during the night and rain this morning so what a surprise when we woke up to sunshine.
Today we were going to do the south shore of the Bay of Islands, a route called the Captain Cook Trail, which leads out through many small towns ending up at Lark Harbour, Bottle Cove and Little Port.
Lark Harbour is a perfect natural harbour and they say the whales come in but alas not today.
It was a quaint little place with old homes and new ones, seemed like lots of children around.
This replica of a Viking ship was used in 2006 for the movie the Outlander that was filmed right here in Lark Harbour, they used about 100 of the towns people in the movie, was not quite sure there were that many here.
It was a quaint little place with old homes and new ones, seemed like lots of children around.
This replica of a Viking ship was used in 2006 for the movie the Outlander that was filmed right here in Lark Harbour, they used about 100 of the towns people in the movie, was not quite sure there were that many here.
Just a short distance away on the other side of a small peninsula is Little Port and we were lucky enough to be there when one of the local fisherman came in.
He said his quota is 3000 pounds of cod per week, once he gets his quota he cannot put out his nets until after the next Sunday. He had gone out this morning at 7am and it was now 1130 and he had a nice catch of flounder and cod. He was a very interesting fellow to talk to.
We watched them put their catch into the big blue tubs filled with ice and then he pushed off to go around and tie up to the other side of the pier, the seagulls just loved his boat, it was very fishy.
Unfortunately the person putting the fish away had a bit of a mishap and tipped the blue tub all over the peir, there were fish going everywhere, we learned a new language.
From Little Port we went a half a mile down the road to walk the Bottle Cove Trail, it was warm out but most of the trail was through the trees, however when it came out into the open the scenery was spectacular.
At the end of the trail was a monument to Captain Cook, a picnic bench and table, it was beautiful, and we could hear a seal but could not see him.
Unfortunately the person putting the fish away had a bit of a mishap and tipped the blue tub all over the peir, there were fish going everywhere, we learned a new language.
From Little Port we went a half a mile down the road to walk the Bottle Cove Trail, it was warm out but most of the trail was through the trees, however when it came out into the open the scenery was spectacular.
At the end of the trail was a monument to Captain Cook, a picnic bench and table, it was beautiful, and we could hear a seal but could not see him.
From here we started to backtrack and had saved the Blow Me Down Park for last, it has a trail that is pretty steep but I wanted to give it a try. I had heard of the Governors staircase and it was very interesting amoung the rocks.
When we got to the top of the walk which took us probably 30 minutes straight up hill, in the heat and humidity, we looked out over Lark Harbour, York Harbour and the Bay of Islands.
This is Lark Harbour again, note the cemetery it is almost as big as the town.
No one here to take our picture so had to use the timer again, we always have quite a chuckle doing this.
Larry and Sharon did very good but finally turned around and nicely waited for us at the bottom, this shot is amost to the bottom of the stairs.
When we got to the top of the walk which took us probably 30 minutes straight up hill, in the heat and humidity, we looked out over Lark Harbour, York Harbour and the Bay of Islands.
This is Lark Harbour again, note the cemetery it is almost as big as the town.
No one here to take our picture so had to use the timer again, we always have quite a chuckle doing this.
Larry and Sharon did very good but finally turned around and nicely waited for us at the bottom, this shot is amost to the bottom of the stairs.
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