Last week, I headed off to Big Tancook Island with my friends Sara and Sybil and Sybil’s dogs Wendy & Sooki. It’s a 50 minute ferry ride each way and the only mode of transportation for visitors on the island is by foot (residents have vehicles, mostly old pick-up trucks). It’s not what we were expecting – not so much charm and quaintness, more of a backroads kinda vibe.
We were a bit confused about the free bicycle rental.
Sybil pondering this…
Turns out, if you buy lunch at the cafe next to the bike rental place, you get a free bike to explore the island. The sandwiches at the cafe are delicious – loved the curry bread – but the service is a bit slow!
This was also a bit confusing… are those killer picnic tables?
More things that make you go HMMMMM….
I was expecting more colourful houses like these ones…
But most of the houses and buildings were more like this. The old weathered wood is quite beautiful, but I wanted more colour and whimsy!
Of course, being an island, there are lots of boats…
Not all boats on the island are sea worthy…
And not all the vehicles are road worthy. This is a 1954 Bridgewater fire truck. The siren still works, but it doesn’t have any back tires.
There’s a museum/shop/library in Southeast Cove that’s quite interesting.
And another shop near the ferry that had some cool stuff like these colourful bottles…
And some other cool stuff from our walk…
Wendy and Sooki don’t look too impressed!
Would I go to Big Tancook Island again? Not any time soon. We did have fun and we enjoyed being outdoors on a beautiful sunny day. But it’s a bit like going to a restaurant and ordering a big slice of decadent chocolate peanut butter mousse cake for dessert, and getting a chocolate chip cookie instead :-)
