On the Road- Baddeck to Linwood Harbour NS

Under heavy skies we set off today, initially heading to a Farmer's Market in Mabou NS a fellow camper recommended. The main claim to fame this place has is that the well-known Rankin Family musicians started out here, and at least some still live here. It also has a good local market.

We got to town an hour before the market opened, so toured a bit, out to their working harbour at a lighthouse:

The market was small in size and busy. Lots of food, but no seafood. I guess the locals get enough of that in other ways.

 

A knitted spare tire cover, in the parking lot

 

An early lunch at the Market, local sausages. It seemed like local everything here.

Here are a couple of short video clips that show some live entertainment in the market. The first video should have been longer, the little dancer really got into the music:

 

After the market we dropped in to a town park we had seen earlier, and just enjoyed the water and the cool breeze. Signed with No Overnight Parking, or we'd likely still be there:

A nice little gazebo, a memorial to a local 23-year-old fellow

Almost the closest we got to a church today

 

Later we stopped in to Port Hood to see their beaches, had a nice little break and headed south from there, along the western side of Cape Breton. New territory for us, there is a multi-use trail all along that coast. We've never seen the trail mentioned, and it's worth a mention. Celtic Shores Coastal Trail.

This is on the southern bit of the trail

 

Just in case you think it's always sunny in Nova Scotia, this is the view out our van window here at Linwood Harbour campground tonight, as a storm moves through the area: