Round the Irish Loop Newfoundland 

Well…. We assumed we could do this all in one day…no way we only got a third of the way round today. These are a few bays we passed through on our way.  

 We passed this miniature ship and harbour scene, it was very well done.  

 We travelled  to the archeological dig at Ferry Land. The staff all spoke with an Irish accent, 

We spent 2 hours there and were shown some of the artefacts they had found, how they washed them and labelled them. We saw the archeologists at work and the village remains from 1600s. The English set up a fishing port at Ferry Land for the abundant cod in the area, the French then burnt it down, and then the English built it back up again. Many pieces of pottery are from Bristol and Devon.

   

 We saw a 17th century working kitchen too. 

 We had chowder soup at the Tetley Tea Rooms with a view over the bay. By this time it was 4 pm and time to go back. We cut across the loop on the way back. It was like a moor with lakes and rocky outcrops, very barren lands and a different environment to what we’d seen before. 

In the evening we went out to Shananigans Pub for our dinner to save Doreen cooking for us again.

I will write more tomorrow and add the photos

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