So a full day here in Peterborough with no sailing !!Again brilliant sunshine and the promise of a warm day.
Erica decided it was time for pancakes this morning, so after cooking up a batch including blueberry ones also, we sat on the outside deck to have our breakfast.Suddenly we heard the sound of bagpipes playing.
Then we saw a guy just outside on the concrete dock next to our boat playing wonderful Scottish tunes.
What a way to start the day!
We decided to walk to the Saturday Farmers Market which was about 15 mins walk away.Lots of baked goodies, fresh local fruit and vegetables and plants and flowers for sale. We purchased some veg, more maple syrup and Mark couldn't resist the Russian stall with its apple dumplings. Seemed a popular place!
After heading back with our provisions to the boat, we set off for the Wild Rock bike rental store.Graeme had meantime got out our folding bikes and pumped up the tires.So once we were sorted out , we all biked off over the river to join the RotaryGreenway which runs on the east side of the river up to Trent University. Probably a distance of about 7 kilometers .
Both Mark and a Carol are experienced cyclists and were soon up ahead of us .To be fair , we did have bikes with little wheels ,but their fitness showed! Anyway Bill and Nancy would have been proud of us!
Erica especially was happy to have a break as we turned back to ride to the boat..
We had spied a little roadside eating place to stop for lunch .
I say lunch loosely, as we ended up with a drink and large French fries.
Mark and Carol tried out a blue raspberry slushie . Don't think they were sold on it.
Afterwards we parted company , Mark and Carol coming back to the bike shop a different longer way, while we headed straight back to the boat on a direct path.Still we probably did 15 kms in total.
With our friends telling us we had to go to the canoe museum while here in Peterborough we decided we must do it and cycled there next.This museum indeed was something worth going to especially if you like also to learn not just about canoes and kayaks , but about the Native Indian history and their connection with these amazing forms of water transportation. They had wooden boats , birch bark boats and seal skin boats on display and many videos and explanations . Fascinating video of how they stripped the birch trees of their bark, wound it around a wooden frame and used roots from the spruce tree to bind the pieces together. Well that's my layman view perspective.!
Back on the boat to wait for Freya and her husband Don ( the Great Looper connection)who were going to help us with an anchoring site on Stony Lake for tomorrow night. they know it well.Unfortunately they didn't turn up til 9.45 pm but in the meantime we had drinks on board then taxied to Gerti's restaurant for a lovely meal in the outside back patio. Prince Edward Mussels and the pineapple Scallop dishes were our favorites.We walked back through the town and as the weather had cooled somewhat ,it was very pleasant.
Now time for bed , we have an early start tomorrow.
Trying to get ahead of the game with this lock business timing.
We know two other boats will be leaving early tomorrow from this Marina as well.
Over and Out,
Lady Erica Crew.
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