What a Lovely View

I have spent the last few days in the Trinity Bay area resting, sightseeing and planning the next stage, which has included making a few feed drops ahead.  I have been fortunate enough to be able to stay with Carol's relatives Ed and Margeret Beckett in the peaceful little harbour community of Dunfield.  They run a welcoming bed and breakfast business The Rolling Hills in a lovely traditional clapboard house - highly recommended if you are ever in the Trinity Bay area. 

They also have a couple of comfortable holiday homes in quiet village locations for rent.

 

Before coming to Newfoundland I had read Berenice Morgan's Random Passage books which depict the struggles of a pioneering family in an outport community.  Marg took me for a pilgrimage to the film set just up the road - they have tried to authentically recreate an outport settlement of the period.

By a 'fish flake' where the cod would have been laid out to dry... 

 Marg by the wharf...

 On Sunday I had a quick jaunt down to Bonavista at the end of the peninsula - this is where it is claimed that John Cabot first made landfall in 1497 when he 'discovered' North America, exclaiming "What a lovely view".
Essential landmarks to visit were the old lighthouse and the statue of the great man himself, appropriately facing landward rather than out to sea...

 But a clue to the more memorable part of the trip can be seen in the background - Bonavista Bay was dotted with literally hundreds of icebergs and their smaller counterparts, growlers....

....beautiful but a sad reminder of the effects of global warming.

The weather has been glorious, and Carol and I were able to hold a very civilised planning meeting basking in the sun with a glass of red wine overlooking Trinity Bay ....

..this was outside the house of Brenda MacIntyre who also very kindly let me stay in one of her superb holiday units -in this case the Boathouse which has the same stunning view. She has a real eye for interior design.......