The long journey home begins. Kept waking up all night, excited at the prospect of going home even though our three days in Stony Rapids have been both relaxing and entertaining. They have been a good buffer between the rigours…
Stony Rapids
Spent morning chatting to Heather whilst John went down to the dock fishing with drunk Vince. John caught two jack fish which he returned, Vince caught nothing. We then did our final pack for tomorrow, we managed to get everything…
Stony Rapids
Very comfortable beds, John slept well but I woke about 2.30pm and my mind started reviewing the past 6 weeks, I finally got back to sleep about 6.30am. We had thick, home made raisin toast for breakfast, yum what a…
Day 46
Distance 3km [838km] WOW -happiness is cleanliness, or perhaps just hot water. We had our last night in the tent. We were up about 8am to a grey humid morning, had a breakfast of the last of the pilot biscuits…
Day 45
Our last day “under canvas”. A restless night, I am ready to go home and finding this marking time tedious. Woke to an overcast, smoky day though later it became warm, humid and buggy. After breakfast we went for a…
Day 44
Very pleasant day, cool but sunny. Up late and then had bread, butter and jam for breakfast, its the small things that one misses. I caught up with this journal, and John the maps for the last time. We then…
Day 43
Distance 34.5 + 4.5 km [835km] The day started with great uncertainty, we were awake by 6am but the wind although moderating was still blowing from the north. When we finally got up at 8.30am the wind was a north…
Day 42
Distance – Wind Bound, 0 km We remain wind bound. The day started warm and sunny despite the wind and white caps on the lake however by lunch time the wind had really cranked up and is now blowing non-stop,…
Day 41
Distance – Wind Bound, 0 km It has been sunny on and off all day, it clouds up sprinkles rain then clears up. The wind is very cold and the white caps on Black Lake have not abated so there…
Day 40
Distance 14.5 km [ 796 km] Portages 1 [27] Awoke to a brief shower and “our old friend” the west wind. It was freezing cold and we both felt so despondent we stayed in bed for a further hour. We…