Have a very lazy morning with a relaxed breakfast at 8:30. The B&Q was full last night so we have more company for breakfast. A couple from Fredricton in New Brunswick, so not too far away and another couple from Tadoussac in Quebec (we've been there!). We 'enjoyed' trying to converse in various degrees of French. We mostly got the points across but somethings were left for another day. Breakfast was a reprise of the previous day (by choice). We set off along the remainder of the Acadian Scenic Route before we enter Quebec Province. No specific points of interest but few random pictures along the route.
Pokemouche and Black Rock (there was supposed to be a giant rock mushroom sculpture here but we failed to find it, so satisfied ourselves with this pair.
Another lighthouse.
A comfort stop in Bathurst sees us at a marina. In this area we see common merganser, greater yellowlegs and a few we are yet to ID (the list of these is ever growing).
We follow the coast to Campbell Town . At the end of a straight road leading into the town is the Sugar Loaf Mountain -are we back in Wales? no,
then there's a sign for Dundee, it could be mistaken that we are back in Scotland.
We know how to pronounce Dundee and golf but what about McLeods - we'll need further instruction on this on our return. This green bridge marks the border between the provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. Clocks go back an hour between the provinces so we have some extra time to explore today.
What had been a day starting with rain, then cloud, turned to patchy sunshine as we head for Miguasha, a UNESCO World Heritage site for the geology and palaeontology of the Devonian era - the age of fishes. We have a guided tour of the site, the sites where the fossils were found, and they explain the work they do there. Then look at the fossil exhibits, including 'The King' and 'The Prince'. These are the names of two complete fossil fish that have been found here - bonkers, or what?
One of the fossil beds.
The hole they dug 'The King' from. He was in one of the laminated sheets of rock - you can see the layers behind the logs in this pool, the water is so clear it won't photograph.
This was another site that students carried out a dig on as part of their studies - they had to work down the cliff a few centimetres at a time - it took them three years!
This is a life size cast of a fish that lived in the Devonian Period, around 380 million years ago. This was probably the size of a small cow ( but with no legs!). Eric stayed well away it looked so fearsome.
Next stop, The Oratory at Mont Saint Joseph.
But worth it for the view, once you get your breath back.
Sun out properly now. We see the spit of land down there and decide that will be our next stop, but first some more of those views. First one way... 
...then the other, gosh it's a long way down.
Down below. This is on that spit of land but looking back at the mountain we were on top of before.
Of course there were also some birds.
And some more views. This Carleton sur Mer
And the lagoon.
Eric meets the keys.
The Gite was formerly the hospital. They have had the door panels painted rather prettily and this Trompe L'oeil on the wall. Our room has the Gannets on.
Explaining that one of us was a vegetarian when the menu is in French and the host does not speak much English was quite amusing. An attempt was made to say in French what can I eat that is suitable for a vegetarian resulted in being shown the fish choices, saying, something that has no meat and no fish in was met with, we have chicken. The trail we are on around the Gaspe Penisula is called the Gourmand Trail (good food), but this evening one of us had to make do with a pizza in the end. The other half's salmon, baked potato and salad followed by lemon meringue pie was much enjoyed. Finally we ask for a pot of tea, and we are presented with two weird items.
After the addition of tea bag.
Before
Still makes a delicious cuppa though.