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Thursday 15 July
Oh my god were we tired and aching this morning from all the walking around yesterday so we took it pretty easy. Neil stayed cooked us another fab breakfast and then as Aunty Carol had come over the 3 of us went up to St Jacob's to the farmers market so I could get my maple syrup presents and have a good look at the Armish farmers. the Menonites dress very traditionally in long dresses and bonnets, drive around in horse drawn carraiges and live a very traditional farmers life with no electricity or powered machinery. Slightly strange but I guess it takes all sorts. We also had a look at the kissing bridge which is a very long and very old covered bridge that looks like something out of sleepy hollow that is famous because the young menonites used to walk back along the bridge for a sneaky kiss because it was the only place they could not be seen by any elders. The day finished well though with a healthy dose of home made sangria and a good film vegged out on the sofa!
Friday 16 July
Another fairly lazy day creeped in today and we didnt get our backsides moving until about lunch time when we drove down to Port Dover to relax on the beach. I couldnt get over the fact that it was not sea, I mean there were waves and seaweed (ok, lake grass) and sand and I couldnt see the other side of the water. It was quite weird but at least I made Allison laugh!
Saturday 17 July
Last ngiht we went over to the cadet sailing centre again to watch the young cadets doing sailing capsize drills and there I met Brian who's cottage we were due to stay at later and he offered to take me diving so we got up early and drove down to Woodstock where the lake was. Kitted up and ready to go in the water it took me a couple of attempts to get down as first I didnt have enough weight to sink and then I had a squeeze in my ear which was really painful but eventually i managed to dive and saw lots of wrecks in the lake such as a school bus, a couple of old airplanes including a harvard, a few boats and cars. It was pretty cool and I felt pretty lucky to be able to chuck something extra like that into my trip. We then started the long journey up to Ottawa. It took 6 hours and to me that felt like a pretty long journey and thought that we had travelled a long way - after all, 6 hours in nearly into scotland! However, when I looked at a map of canada, that 6 hour journey was nothing more than a speck ont he bottom corner of the country. wow, I was pretty speechless at the enormity of the place, again.
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