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Make sure that your car/truck has a large engine and really good brakes - the Cabot trail is really punishing for a fuel efficient automatic. My car has never been the same since we did the Canot trail in it.
If you still want to see parts of Cape Breton and avoid the trail, take the highway through the middle of the province - it's much faster and easier
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The roads in Nova Scotia are very bad in some areas once you get off the main highways. The worst sections we drove on where between Antigonish and Sydney, where I drove and average of about 25 mph. It was raining a lot, and water was standing in the road in many places, plus you couldn't see the crater sized potholes.
There were even "flying stones" :-) Lol ! Better stones I suppose than low flying UFOs....
We thought that sign was funny, so I took a photo. We didn't actually see any "flying stones"....
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I don't know what it is about restaurants outside of the cities....the service is sooo slow. . Don't get me wrong . i love them all still but wow do they make you wait . It's a small town NS thing I think. It drives me nuts when i only want lunch and gotta go.. oh well a least we always have a Tim Hotons nearby to go to.
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Ah Cape Breton a place of stunning beauty with its mountains seascapes and fabulous beaches. When I first wrote the tip and put it under 'warnings of danger' I made a mistake, but did I really? Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail still today creeps back into my memory and was a place I really did not want to leave. Any re visit to Nova Scotia I may plan in the future will see me spending a lot more time in this most scenic part of Canada. Leave a Comment
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When the Scots emigrated to Pictou I thought they must have brought the famous Scottish midge with them, but no, these nasty biting insects are Canadian home grown black flys = just as nasty with a lingering itch and a nasty red blemish to follow.
Sitting outside on a summer evening OUCH!
My husband's legs looked like chicken pox next morning! Don't wear perfume, don't sit near water and do use insect repellant I found a good one made from natural plant based ingredients. Leave a Comment
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Great place, so cool on a hot day but must be freezing when the suns not out.
Wear sensible shoes, we saw lots of people wearing flip flops and even high heels.
Watch out for your children, I know they have a natural tendency to run about, but slipping on these huge rocks doesn't bear thinking about. Leave a Comment
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In Nova Scotia it is mandatory to wear your seat belt in a vehicle. There is a fine if you get caught without it buckled.
Baby seats and booster seats for children under 60 pounds.
Speed and distances are posted and measured in Kilometers. Maximum speed on 100 series highways is 110 KPH, some may only be 100 KPH. Smaller secondary highways will be 80-90 KPH.
The highways and rural roadways are patrolled by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
In many places you may turn right after a full stop at a red light. It will be posted if you are not allowed to do this. Leave a Comment
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I'm what I'd like to call a human monkey. I have to climb things, I'm nimble, and I have lice....ehh forget that last part.
The rugged coastline at Peggy's Cove was like a playground for me. Lots of huge granite boulders to frolick about on. Only problem was that I was being careless and had some shoes on with minimum traction. Needless to say, I took a bad spill and scraped myself up. Be careful when climbing around these boulders, even if you are a monkey girl like me. Leave a Comment
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