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I love letting you all know of little hidden secrets and gems, ones which many would never find sometimes even in a lifetime.. so one of these places that I’d like to introduce you to – is the Country Fare & Inn. To do it though, I’m going to set the scene, with the story of how we came across it!

While we were out in Canada last week, we went to a family wedding, and the reception was at a place, around a lake we’d never been round before. Unfortunately, after we’d picked up the truck and had driven out to the area, we had forgotten the name of the place we were going to and we had to rely on the sat nav to take us to the place it suggested. One thing about the place our sat nav had taken us was that even if this place wasn’t the place the wedding reception was going to be – it sure had one amazing view over a beautiful lake, surrounded by sheltered bays, all bathed in woodland with the slight glimpse of the odd cottage scattered along the shoreline on the far sides. We weren’t blessed with the best weather that day, and there were quite a few clouds around, not to mention the large looming raincloud off to the left of us, so i hopped out of the truck and took some photos of this beautiful scenic lookout – beside a store.

View over Baptiste Lake on a slightly cloudy day

We set off to Bancroft to get something to eat while trying to decide on what was best to do – we just couldn’t remember the name of the place the wedding reception was at and we were doubting our sat nav.. had we put the right address in 118 village road? or 188 village road.. so we headed back to that store, where the sat nav wanted us to go – with the beautiful view and tried to ring someone who would know on the pay phone just outside. Unfortunately the person we were trying to ring was in a no-signal area. . . but as the rain started to pour, things started to click in place. This place wasn’t just a store. On closer inspection, having got out of the truck one more time, there seemed to be tables set, down some steps behind the store. This gave us a little hope. We knew we were in the right area so we decided the best thing was to wait, and see if we saw anyone we knew passing by in their vehicles..
Finally, someone did.. and parked right up beside us! This place, as we finally were reminded – was the Country Fare & Inn, Baptiste Lake!

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Well, this last trip i went with the intention of heading up to Algonquin Provincial Park, and since we worked out a route past Muskoka Wildlife Centre, we thought we’d tag it onto that, and then make it back to eat at Wild Wing that night… wow did we underestimate Algonquin Park..

Algonquin Provincial Park

In the UK, lets face it – Although we created the idea of National Parks, we figured the best thing is to designate an area and let it sit there.. So in the UK our national parks, although a place of great beauty very rarely have huge potential for long stays – unless you plan on going hiking across the wilderness. A few scenic lookout points along the road and a tea shop or two in a quiet village is the most many who travel through the peak district for example get to see.. We went to Algonquin, naively expecting the same.. And we were so very wrong! This place is so packed that not only could we not get everything we needed in the short time we had there – but i’m wondering if in the whole day we’re planning next trip to go there – will be enough time to get a good snapshot of everything this beautiful Canadian national treasure has to offer.. So, here’s the information i wished i had had before we headed there!
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Hey there everyone! I’m doing this smaaall article from Canada since i thought it’d be a fairly good idea to put up a lil info about what we’ve been up to!

Algonquin Provincial Park

Now, we’ve been busy, we always are – and now we find ourselves specifically hunting out and descovering places to tell you about, and we sure have done that! – places we’ve been so far this week include Bancroft, Algonquin park (and wow did we underestimate what was on offer there!), Muskoka Wildlife Centre, Kirkfield Lift Lock, New market, Orillia and of coarse the beach near Bolsover, Lake Simcoe. (more…)

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