I’ve spent the past couple of weeks across the Ocean in Nova
Scotia , Canada .
Far away from Pembroke, but whilst there happened upon another Pembroke. Not much
there though – a few houses by the shoreline on Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy,
which lays claim to the highest tides in the world. An interpretation panel informed us that every
6 hours the tides rise to an average of 50 feet: every 24 hours 115 billion
tons of water move in and out of the Bay of Fundy , a
volume equal to the discharge of all of the world’s rivers. Some tide!
A short distance down the road, we stopped for lunch at a friendly pub
which claimed fame for its hamburgers ‘Home of the Walton Whopper: under one
billion served’ – they obviously like to think big around here! What the Walton Whopper actually tasted like
though I’m afraid I cannot say as we are both vegetarians. Good food anyway and lovely people – we left
them with our Pembroke Sense of Place leaflet to promote old Pembroke back
home!
