{"id":3495,"date":"2014-09-24T11:24:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T11:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2017-07-06T07:33:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T07:33:39","slug":"saturday-20th-september-2014-in-which-our-hero-finds-himself-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=3495","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 20th September 2014 – IN WHICH OUR HERO FINDS HIMSELF STRANDED"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a really good night’s sleep last night which was quite a surprise seeing as I was only about 100 or so metres from the Trans Canada Highway. <\/p>\n

And I was on my travels too last night. I was with the two lads with whom I used to play in a rock group in the 1970s, and I still had their gear from the 70s. I had a lengthy chat with Dave the drummer. He had forgotten about his Premier kit and had bought something rather lesser, and was still playing the drums today. Meantime I’d stopped for a coffee. there was an automatic machine that took two dollars, so I put in my two-dollar piece but nothing happened. Damm! Anyway, I became distracted and forgot, so a little later I put in another 2 dollars, and still nothing happened but about 6 2-dollar pieces fell out. So I stayed by the machine and said nothing to those people who were putting their cash into the machine, so they lost it. Every now and again I’d put 2 dollars in and all the cash that others had put in would drop out for me to collect.<\/p>\n

\"camp<\/a>And on that note I woke up. Nice and early which is just as well as I had plenty to do. But first, I had to take full advantage of the showers there at this camp site place. It’s why I had stopped here and why I’m not dossing on a car park tonight. It’s been several days since I’ve had a really good wash.<\/p>\n

This is my spec at the camp site, the one on the right underneath the trees. Quite comfortable it was too.<\/p>\n

I’d done an inventory of the foodstuffs last night and there were no tins of beans left so I had to wander off to the big supermarket at Corner Brook to stock up. And then off up the Trans Canada Highway.<\/p>\n

I fuelled up at Deer Lake, as well as putting 20 litres of fuel in the can – I’ll probably need that around Labrador, and then headed off up the Viking Trail.
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\"gros<\/a>The first 20 miles or so out of Deer Lake was very monotonous and boring, with nothing of any note, but all of a sudden I came over a rise in the ground and there was the most stunning view down into the valley <\/p>\n

I’m about to enter the Gros Morne National Park which is one of the most beautiful parts of Newfoundland – at least, of the parts that are easily accessible.
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\"newfoundland<\/a>Entry to the park is free if one doesn’t use the facilities, which I don’t intend to do. But the place certainly was beautiful and I would have taken some marvellous photos had the weather been better. Although it’s not raining, the skies are heavily overcast and there is a very strong wind blowing up the valley<\/p>\n

Then again, I don’t really have too much time for sightseeing as I have plenty of ground to cover today and not a lot of time to do it.
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\"hurricane<\/a>By the time I found the seaside the strong wind had developed into a full-blown storm as you can see from the sea here. It’s a real green sea out there, and that is all nothing more than about 100 metres offshore.<\/p>\n

From there on, the wind worsened and on one occasion I was blown from my feet as I left the car to take a photo. I’ve never ever been in a wind that was quite like this. <\/p>\n

I arrived at the dockside at St Barbe at just after 19:30 after my marathon drive up here in some of the wildest weather that I’ve ever experienced, to find that all of today’s sailings have all been cancelled due to the weather. There’s a queue as long as your arm for the sailings tomorrow. If there are any, that is, because the forecast doesn’t look all that good. <\/p>\n

I’ve found a little spec on the docks and I’ll be staying here until further notice.<\/p>\n

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