After a soft day yesterday we reached hardcore status again today with a respectable 162. The objective was to reach Manitoulin Island so that tomorrow we don't have far to go to catch the 1.30pm ferry across to Tobermory. The energy was back with a bang today so we kept our breaks short and sweet and plugged away. In the small town of Massey, which was again a very nice place we stumbled across a gem of a tourist info centre. We had a great chat with everyone inside and gained a large piece of cheesecake and a glass of ice tea. A very successful stop, but we didn't hang around for too long as you never know when the energy might just run out. They gave us back road directions to the town of Espanola where we had planned to have lunch and attempt to blog it up. The ride to Espanola was awesome as there was virtually no traffic and it was through scenic farmland country. We grabbed a bite to eat and then hit the library. I again didn't get around to any blogging as we felt that we should keep on cycling.
The day ended for us in the town of Little Current. We asked in the info centre if we could throw the tent up in their grounds for the night but some jobsworth decided that we should cycle on 10km and go to the campsite. I must say there is nothing worse than someone telling you it would be easy to cycle on after you have been cycling all day and are clearly tired. Anyway I won't get into this too much as it annoys me a lot. In the ice cream shop next door the manager recommended that we go down to the municipal park and camp there for the night as nobody in town will mind. It turned out to be a great place to camp. While Agnes went to wash in the lake I put the tent up and started dinner. I feel I can wait another day or two for a shower, food is more important.
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