Obvoiusly we had a curiosity about this stop … but, hmmmm, this is not quite the Sydney we know. Formerly a big centre for coal mining and shipping, just 30,000 population, bashed around by VERY harsh winters … bleak … you get the picture …

Nevertheless, the morning (and the suburb across the harbour) looked promising.

We hired a car and drove 80km or so to Baddeck … over this pretend SHB …

Baddeck was home to Alexander Graham Bell. It’s a pretty little holiday town on a lake called Bras d’Or.

On the way back … carefully following signs today!!!!! …

… we drove a little way along the Cabot Trail, apparently one of the best coastal drives in North America … past a couple of pretty stops … but the weather was unkind and we retreated back to Sydney.

On this tour, we completely lost count of the number of old white wooden chuches!!! Some in towns, and some in the middle of nowhere … must be something about the Canadians of yesteryear?