Thursday, 06 July 2006

St. Johns (Newfoundland)

I'm so glad that I did my walk up Signal Hill yesterday as this morning was a drab uniform grey. I cycled down to town for breakfast and then set about try and mostly failing to do all the chores I wanted to do. There bicycle shops couldn't service my suspension forks; apparently leaking oil is a common problem on the Manitou Black forks and they usually send them to the service centre in Montreal to be serviced! I wonder how long it will take me to cycle to Montreal!

The Memorial University in St. Johns has a big library with computing services, and they said they could burn my photos to CD/DVD, but they didn't sell them...

The hall of residence I'm staying in (Hatcher House) has a laundry room, but don't sell washing detergent, so I spent a while on a fruitless search for single-use packs for my one wash.

Rather than waste the whole day on chores, I walked up to the Botanic Gardens up on Mount Scio. It turned out to be quite a long hike on a hot humid day. ($5) And a long hike back. At least they had a tea-room.

Most towns, at least in the UK, have an over abundance of two things; estate agents and hairdressers/barber shops. More than ever seems to be justified by the size of the place. Do you think I could find somewhere to get my hair cut... No.

Back at the university library I spent hours typing in blog so I hope you're enjoying it. By the time I'd finished it was starting to get dark and I still had to cycle out to the supermarket to get some food if I want to head off on the bike tomorrow...