In and around Pouch Cove

Elke of Points East

e arrived in Points East at Pouch Cove on Tuesday evening and were shown to our room which is an en-suite downstairs room in the building which has three other bedrooms upstairs. It is semi-detached from the building where the guest house owner Elke lives. (Note the photo is not one of ours but sourced from http://www.pbase.com/w9788/nfl with compliments)  We were greeted by Timo, a German exchange student working here for a year, and had a lovely pot of tea before grabbing a snack (a bag of crisps) and heading to bed.

Our bed at Points East

Our room at Points East has a double bed (4 foot six inches), which is a surprise after the queen size (known as king size in the UK - 5 foot wide) and king size (Superkings in the UK - 6 foot wide) we have had on the stay to date. Our bed at home is also a superking, so we are at closer quarters than normal. Still that seemed to work out OK!



Wednesday was forecast to be rainy, but in fact the day was sunny with occasional showers – only two lasting five minutes each during the time Drew was on his walk/hike – certainly not enough to get very wet, though as I was in the car when they came I can’t really talk.

We had decided to have separate activities today, so after breakfast, which was a nice home-made granola, with fresh fruit, toast and a variety of jams, I went to Mass at 10.00 in the local church of St. Agnes, then down to St. John’s, the capital of Newfoundland, to a Laundrette (Laundromat as they are called here) called Mighty Whites to wash and dry our clothes, seven days since we last did this in Houlton. We needed two machines here at $2 each and also 2 dryers at £1.30 along with washing liquid 75c each, it turned out a little more expensive than in the US.

After the wash I walked around parts of St. John’s and found Gower Street which reminded me of home – I hope everyone is well there. And I returned stopping in Torbay at Mary Brown’s for a three piece meal, which was nice, lovely chicken well cooked.

Shoe Cove island

Drew opted to take one of the famous East Coast Trail hikes and had a great time additional pictures of the walk can be found on Flickr.

From the garden at Points East

I got back at about 1.30 and spent a pleasant hour or so sitting in the garden of Points East looking over the cliffs and sea. Drew returned at about 2.45 and we caught up with his trip and loaded the pictures onto flickr. We went out later in the afternoon to look around the village and at 6.30 went to the local fish and chip shop (or Take-Out) called the Water Witch. This was an interesting experience. We went in and ordered our cod (in batter) and chips and were told they would be ready in 20 minutes – cooking food from scratch seems to be the way here in Newfoundland, and so we went for a drive into the countryside while we waited and picked up our dinner when it was ready (which was actually 30 minutes later). I was amused to hear the lady in the Take-out answering the phone to a client and saying she would ring him or her back when the food was ready – now I know Pouch Cove is a small town, but what service!

We eat of fish and chips in the car looking out over the bay and returned to Points East for an exceptional evening of which more later.