98 km/61m, 3hrs55mins, 25kph/15.5mph, 207m/673ft of climbing.
Rare following wind today, so a fast flat ride along the riverbank. Actually "river" is now becoming a misnomer. The estuary at this point is so wide that the opposite bank is just a thin blue smudge on the horizon, and we're close to making the transition from the St Lawrence river to the Gulf of St Lawrence.
The meal I ate last night prompts some reflections on the French Canadians' culinary preferences. I'm afraid they are more Canadian than French. A favourite dish here is Poutine. It consists of chips with curd cheese and covered in gravy. It is truly disgusting to behold, but it's everywhere. And the love of gravy extends beyond Poutine. Last night I ordered a hamburger. It arrived with chips and coleslaw and gravy - poured over the bun! Extraordinary, and revolting.
To be fair, I have in general eaten very well here and much of the food, especially seafood, is very good. But one has to be careful of the gravy fairy, she pops up when one least expects her.
And one thing not directly related to the tour. I brought an e-reader with me - great gadget - and on it I had stored the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy; the girl with the dragon tattoo, etc. I know everyone else in the world has already read these books, so I'm probably telling nobody anything they don't already know, but they are superb. Certainly among the best crime/detective fiction I have read.
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It's certainly going well. The whales sound brilliant. We spent a day in Iceland some years ago, went out in a boat and saw one! Lots of porpoise and dolphin though. I was going to ask you what you were reading and how the Kindle or whatever was working. Know what you mean about the trilogy - those Scandinavian crime thrillers seem to create a wonderfully washed out environment, slightly detached which then makes the action more striking. At your pace of reading you'll have read one a day - what's next?
Keep on keeping on!
R&C
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