Maidstone to Port aux Basques (107 km)

Sometimes its good not to know what the future brings. This was especially true today! Had we known what kind of a day awaits us, we would have stayed in bed.
Because the wind had always freshend up during the day, we wanted to be clever and leave early, expecting fairly moderate wind early morning. But, while having breakfast, our hosts were already sitting in front of the TV weather canal and the outlook was grimm! Stormwarning and rain were awaiting us. But outside it was still very nice, some wind, headwind though, but we decided to risk it.
What followed was a living nightmare. The wind was so strong that gravel on the ground moved, the rain was hurting and our speed downhill was down to 12 km/h and working for it. We have never ever experienced something like it. Katrin was almost blown of a bridge, after that she walked for a while  instead of driving. The whole distance offered no place to rest. So we did it in 8 hours, proud at the end, but it was a day we will not forget.

Now we are save in Port aux Basques, from here we will take the ferry tomorrow morning at 5 am to Sydney in Nova Scotia. We will leave this friendly province, which we really liked every day more, providing we dont count today.