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Published: September 23rd 2015
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First glimpse of Trinity
Trinity, Bonavista, NFLD Quick breakfast in our room, pack and on our way. On the way out of Holyrood, we stop at the harbour to take a final look. A pleasant, friendly little town.
Today is gorgeous. As if to make up for yesterday, there literally is not a cloud in the sky. Forecast high is 20°C.
We take the Trans-Canada (TCH) heading west. It's a well maintained limited-access highway and we make good time. Soon we are no longer in the Avalon Peninsula but in what you might call east-central Newfoundland. The highway maintains a relatively high elevation, providing occasional glimpses of the sea on one side or the other in the distance. The forest is almost exclusively coniferous with only an occasional flash of colour that betrays a deciduous tree, usually a birch or more rarely a maple. There is an abundance of extremely picturesque lakes even at this fairly high elevation. They are ”ponds" with fanciful names like Goose Pond, Three Corner Pond and Tickle Pond. Large abutments of rock thrust up from the landscape with sheer cliffs that defy the attempts of vegetation to reclaim them. It's wild and extremely alluring.
We leave the TCH at Clarenville,
Rising Tide Theatre
Trinity, Bonavista, NFLD hoping to take the 230A to connect to the Bonavista Trail. It's past lunchtime and we are hungry. We gas up at a Canadian Tire offering a 5c discount today only. But then the trail goes cold; we reach a T intersection with no indication of where the 230 goes. We try both ways but neither seems promising, and there is no sign of a place to eat. So we retreat to the TCH and backtrack to a restaurant we saw earlier. Decent meal and good advice from Sheila, who recommends that we bypass Clarenville completely by proceeding to the next exit.
Before long we are on the Bonavista highway 230, proceeding northeast. It's about an hour to our chosen destination for today: Trinity.
Trinity is a tiny outport with a permanent population of 350. Despite its small size, it has gained a reputation as the quintessential Newfoundland town and has been featured in many movies and TV shows, including the move The Grand Seduction, we we viewed not long ago. It is ridiculously photogenic. As we round the turn that leads down into the village, my first impulse is to stop the car and grab my camera.
We try for a room at the Artisan Inn. We're in luck; they have a "studio" left. It's larger than the average apartment, with a sitting room and full kitchen. The proprietor, Judy, provides us with excellent information on the town and its attactions and, indeed, on the entire Bonavista Pennisula. We make a reservation for dinner at the attached restaurant, called the Twine Loft, which is recommended in "Where to Eat in Canada."
We spend the rest of the afternoon moseying around the town. Mostly, Violet visits craft shops while I photograph the town. It's just too cute for words. We seek out a couple of old churches. The Roman Catholic Church dates from 1833 and is the oldest wooden church in the province. And it is a gem, lovingly maintained both inside and out.
Time for dinner. We have cod cakes for an appetizer, then split a salmon and a chicken main course. Excellent food and a very warm hospitable atmosphere. We met and talked to the chef Heidi earlier, and she slips in special treats for us. (She's from the States and ended up in Trinity because of an ex-husband, but stayed because she
fell in love with the place.)
Trinity is a must-visit destination should you ever travel to Newfoundland.
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Gail MacDONALD
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Mornin' folks. Looks like your trip is going really well. Along with a niece and her family who live in Bonnavista, (she's a school teacher and he, a fisherman) I also deal with a lady in Clarenville re Sjogren's.