August 31 & September 1 - Amherst & Antigonish, NS

Our first walk in Nova Scotia was at Amherst. We began the walk at the beautiful historic First Baptist Church and walked for several kilometers around the downtown area. As we approached the church building again, it was just on three o’clock and the quiet of town was broken by the loud tolling of the bell in the steeple. The irony was not lost on us when immediately afterwards, the same bells burst out with a lovely rendition of The Sounds of Silence.

I must also mention one sad note about Amherst. The town was still recovering from a disastrous downtown fire which had completely destroyed an apartment building and adjacent bar. Thirty families lost their homes and the smell of smoke was still in the air.

Antigonish was our next stop. I love the sound of that name, don’t you? We walked there with friends of our daughter and son-in-law. After a morning coffee and time to admire Graeme and Miranda’s cute as a button baby daughter, Lyle and I ventured into the library where we spent time with one of the librarians discussing accessibility possibilities for people with sight challenges. Personally, I feel that a CCTV Reader would be of benefit to many library clients. This particular apparatus has a camera and light which point down onto printed material which is then enlarged onto a monitor akin to a computer or television screen. CCTV Readers come in both black and white and colour, but my personal preference is colour.

Today we are in a campground in Truro ready for our walk here tomorrow. The sun is shining so Lyle and I need to leave this blog for a while and enjoy the beginning of some very pleasant fall weather.