Adairs Lodge.

It was very warm and cosy inside, with a wonderful wood burner, which sometimes made it more like a sauna!

This is the cabin where Anne & Doug Johns, Alice Dupont and I lived.

It was called "Robin's Nest" , and even the tea towel was detailed with a Robin.

The view you have from the balcony of Adairs Lodge, where we had all our meals and ' happy hours', where Sean was the expert at making  exotic drinks!!

This is Adairs Lodge, where were staying for a week, to do the Workshop with Sally.

Shampers Bluff was about a 5 minute drive away.

Adairs Lodge and Cabins are owned by Terry Adair, who also runs workshops and is coming out to NZ for a visit in November 2008 with Andre Gallant.

At Shampers Bluff

They had had their first frost and the colours were starting to change.

The view from Freeman's front deck.

The ferns are a wonderful colour, and put on a great show.

The front of Freeman's house, which overlooks the  water.

This is Alan, who knows Freeman's property and all it's tracks very well.

He showed us around some of the property, and this is the new board walk at 'the Bog', an 

area which I visited several times, as I loved all the colours.

Going to Shampers Bluff

The day was very wet and grey, but this is the famous chair many have seen on Freeman's workshops or lectures.  He would often sit here and just enjoy the views,

Freeman had invited his close friends and relatives to join us for a magnificent meal of salmon, and Freeman's special salad, and to finish with a wonderful rich rum cake from the local market. The company and the meal, and being at Freeman's, is something I will never forget.

Freeman introducing us to his dog, Guyuh. (Not sure how you spell it)

Then we arrived at Freeman's house, where Sally had stayed previously, and there to greet her was her wonderful friend Joanne. Alan was ready to take a photo of the reunion.

Freeman came down the road to meet us, and escort us back to his property.

This was a great reunion of 2 great friends.

Sally equipped with the NZ Flag.

If you have ever read or been to workshops with Freeman Patterson, you will have heard of the area he lives in at Shampers Bluff.  For those of you who do not know Freeman,  he is internationally recognised as a photographer, lecturer, teacher and writer. And a wonderful person known to a lot of New Zealander's.

We drove for a while and the crossed on a ferry to our destination Shampers Bluff

We left Digby, for a 3 hour journey across to St John in New Brunswick.

Dinner for our last night in Digby.

Alice Dupont from Timaru, with her brother Stuart and his wife, who live in Nova Scotia.

Alice missed the meal, as she had a reunion with her family.

Captains Cabin in Digby where we had a meal

Myself with Judy Frazer from Christchurch

Don Kelly & Sally Mason our Intrepid Guides.

Sue and Sean  Dick from Auckland, with Don Kelly

Sally Mason and Doug Johns

Anne Johns, Jane Bascand & Priscilla Chapman, all from Christchurch

Joanne  Rowan from Auckland, Suzie Kirk & Alan Shadwell from Blenhiem

Rob and Val Wardell from the mighty south, Invercargill.

Annapolis Royal

Powder Magazine used by the French

The Moats

Annapolis Royal was the site of Canada's first permanent European Settlement in 1650.

It now has a population of about 6oo people.

The British and the French battled over the years, before the British had a victory.

Fort Anne is in the township of Anapolis Royal. It is a French Fort with all its mounds and moats intact.

Jane, Priscilla, Suzie, Alan and myself had a lovely lunch here.

Seaside Life on show.

Inside Queen Anne Hotel

Queen Anne Hotel

Digby

This was our bedroom with the spongy bed at Harbour View Inn

All the bedrooms were individually decorated, and were exquisite.

These photos were all taken in the vicinity of our lodgings, it was a beautiful area.

This is where we stayed at Harbour View Inn. 

Great accommodation, could not get better.

We did have a bit of rain here.

Digby is on the east coast of Nova Scotia, and is famous for its scallops. We stayed here as we were catching the Ferry from Digby to New Brunswick, and to Freeman Pattersons.

In my earlier posts you may remember seeing a Little church made from Birch trees, well that was from this area.

 

Shelburne

Shelburne is pretty much like a museum, with buildings dating back to 1800.

It is still a working port, and was settled by Loyalists, and in 1783 had a population of 16,000.

It was the largest community in British North America.

I am sure this is why we saw so many churches and cemeteries,  and could not make out where all the people came from. I am sure it is not as populated now.  

Liverpool

A Baptist Church in Liverpool with a cute fire hydrant

This is the Mersey River, and the smoke in the background is from the paper mills, which are going to close in the next few years.

Fishing Boats that have been tied up at the wharf for the last 5 years.

A mural honouring the Privateers, on the walls in Liverpool

The Hotel we stayed in on our first night in Nova Scotia.

Liverpool was the first place we stayed at when we arrived in Nova Scotia.

It is situated where Mersey River meets the ocean. It is an historic English Style town  with an economy based on  forests and fish. British Privateers were active in this area in the early 1800's, protecting the  British trade routes from incursions from the USA.