My 14.6 miles (23.4 km) started out on the Confederation Trail this morning for less than an hour, but it paid me back by making me miss my turn off of it. So I lost a total of about 2 km due to backtracking.
The day was full of surprises: drizzle that wasn’t forecast along with gusts of headwinds, lots of interesting turns in the country roads, a couple of respectably steep hills, and a luncheon place with irresistible seafood chowder. So I didn’t quite make my goal today—I fell a few miles short, but I’m happy with having reached my midway of the Island Walk at 193.3 mi/309.3 km.
As the Confederation Trail passed through Kensington (where I‘m staying), there’s a little section of rail that was left with shops on both sides, giving it the look of the “old days.”
The trail went through the countryside over rolling hills, a definite welcome departure from the all-flat.
