Nova Scotia 2018 Cape Breton

On my second to last day in Nova Scotia, another sunny, windy day, we drove up the west coast of Cape Breton as far as Inverness.  The colours around Antigonish had already started to fade but on Cape Breton they were still strong.  

 The tourists were mostly gone and it was very tranquil.  We got out and walked the Celtic Shores Coastal Trail aka Ceilidh Trail, part of the Trans-Canada Trail, a rails to trail trail that follows the west coast of Cape Breton as far as Cheticamp.  (What a lot of "trails" in one sentence!)  

In any case, it was a lovely walk but, again, the cold wind hurried us back to the car before too long.  So we mostly explored by car, following side roads to wild beaches and stopping to take cliched photographs of churches.  

Just before Inverness, we stopped at the Glenora Distillery.  It is the only distillery that is licensed to make single malt whisky in Canada and the buildings and grounds are quite lovely, especially in the fall

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We had hoped to have lunch there but the dining room wasn't open that late in the season and so we found a nice little restaurant in Inverness, newly opened, and had a good lunch.

After lunch we wound our way back down the island to Antigonish.  

And that takes us to the end of my stay in Nova Scotia.  It was a lovely two weeks, a little time out from life and a brief immersion into another reality.