26 June – nr St. Andrews, Canada

Just a short blog tonight as there is limited internet connection and there are yet more lobsters to be eaten shortly.
We are staying with Mark’s lovely friends Margo and Walter who are very kindly putting us up for the night and supplying beer and lobsters.
It’s currently very rainy over here and Mark’s tassels were looking distinctly droopy this morning. Mark was particularly alarmed to look out first thing and see someone swimming past our hotel window! Then he remembered our room looked out on the swimming pool!I also discovered to my cost that leather seats do seem to absorb rather a lot of water which they then generously transfer back as you ride along.
We sat out the rain for as long as possible then set off around mid-day. It was cloudy all the way as we travelled up through the picturesque villages of Maine with their white, clapboard houses. There were also rather a lot of trees but fortunately the moose kept themselves to themselves today and didn’t put in an appearance. It was a very cold ride and we were both suffering a bit by the time we reached the Canadian border about 100 miles after setting off. Crossing over was easy enough although it was the first time an immigration officer has commented on an entry stamp in my passport that is in Arabic script.
From the border it was only 25 miles or so to Walter and Margo’s place where we were greeted by 6 lobsters waving feebly at us from a cool-box on the front step. I am now going off to eat some of them.