Last Sunday, Heather had a Shambala meditation meeting at the Community Hall in Granville Ferry. I decided to take the drive to Victoria Beach.
At the end of the road, I checked out the gravel road towards Delaps Cove.
On my return, I noticed the historic plaque describing the Pony Express from Kentville to the Atlantic coast.
Two days later, I stopped at Endless Shores bookstore in Bridgetown. I was looking for door prizes for the Ernest Buckler Literary Event Society (EBLES), Reading Where We Live: a celebration of local writing, July 15th, West Dalhousie Community Hall.
On the shelf, I spied Paul Rapsey’s book, Murder on the Pony Express Way, printed by Integrity Printing in Bridgetown. This is his first fictional novel.
The other notable point of interest in Victoria Beach was the Mare Gold retreat. This links to the new bookstore in Annapolis Royal, of the same name and ownership.
After the excursion to Victoria Beach, we returned to Paradise via Highway #201. Heather wanted to check out Spurr Road in Round Hill. We navigated to Gibsons Lake on the old military road. Before turning South at West Dalhousie, back to Bridgetown and home.
Just a simple journey took us to explore the nether regions of Annapolis County.
No surprise then, today at the COGS library, I was fortunate to sign out Harold Horwood’s Dancing on the Shore: a celebration of Life at Annapolis Basin.
It is truly remarkable, the number of writers, artists, and musicians who have discovered their ‘sense of place in this landscape’ ; or, in Raymond Hunter’s favourite expression, ‘Bloom where you are planted’
Acknowledgements.
Without Heather’s meeting in Granville Ferry, we would not have explored the road to Victoria Beach. Without Jennifer Crouse at Endless Shores Books, I would not have discovered Paul Rapsey’s novel. Andrew Hannam facilitated access to the collection at COGS Library. Edward added the graphics.
References
Paul Rapsey, 2023, Murder on the Pony Express Way.
Harold Horwood, 1987, Dancing on the Shore: a celebration of Life at Annapolis Basin, McClelland and Stewart.
Ernest Blair Experiment 