The Day of Bad Roads began innocently enough. After a lovely breakfast at the motel, we took the short Route 237 connector across the width of the peninsula, in search of icebergs rumoured to be in King's Cove and Knight's Cove. The "paved" road was horrible, with potholes and general erosion, so thankfully there was nobody else on it (they likely knew better) and it was only about 10 km long.
Hooking up with Route 235 on the west side of the peninsula, we meandered in the fog and rain down to King's Cove - not only was there an iceberg off shore, but it was a lovely little village, worth a visit in its own right.
Heading northeast, we followed an often sketchy 235 along the shore to Bonavista, a larger town at the tip. We visited the iconic lighthouse and interpretation centre, but the extreme wind and rain kept us from doing much more than that. We skipped the dirt road into scenic Dungeon Provincial Park, again due to poor weather....luckily I had been there before at least. We were surprised by an unexpected puffin colony on an island next to the lighthouse.
On our way back down the peninsula, we did a grocery and beer run before leaving town, and stopped at the motel to drop off supplies and scarf down ham sandwiches. Heading out again, we went south this time and explored the lovely little town of Trinity, before carrying on further down Route 239 to Old Bonaventure and New Bonaventure, used in the The Shipping News and also the film set location for CBC mini-series Random Passage.
At first the road was good, actually better than many other more important roads....leading us to wonder if filming projects in the area had led to some improvements. But then then "good road" stopped abruptly, and the ensuing "bad" road was very, very bad. We took a much-needed break at the end for a nice hike into the Random Passage set, and we got about an hour of actual sunshine as well.
Re-tracing our way back, slowly, we regained the main road and then explored another arm a little further north, into the villages of Champney's East and English Harbour, before returning to the motel for a relaxing evening of Greco's pizza and Umbrella Academy, while packing the Juke to go during infrequent breaks in the rain.
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