Just in case you are following along from yesterday … breakfast included eggs and bacon from 1870 … Still surprisingly fresh.
We had a lovely morning visiting with Cathy’s friend Jane , from the TCT, who joined us for a coffee in the B&B.
We then mounted our trusty two wheeled transportation and headed out from our B&B for an exploration of Fredericton. Cathy was nearly apoplectic when we spied an old iron bridge, spanning at least twice the distance of the Saskatoon Traffic Bridge, that had been dedicated to active transportation only.
The moment necessitated a video intended for Saskatoon City Council!
Believe it or not our next stop was a coffee break at a wonderful, local shop. (Fredericton is noted for it's off-level store fronts)
Next we immersed ourselves in an historical tour of Fredericton provided free of charge by local groups. The first stop was a tour of the local city council chambers that turned out to be exceedingly interesting. I was fascinated by the clock build many years ago and restored to keep accurate time and ring a bell at each hour.
The next stop was a hanging of tapestries lining the frieze above the council chambers, explaining the history of Fredericton.
The panel colors and layout were designed by one artist in preparation for another artist who wove them from locally prepared wool. One amazing aspect of the project was the life of the weaver. He started out as a botanist, became an artist, started the New Brunswick School of Art and Design, became legally blind and then in his 80’s took up weaving and produced these masterpieces. Not a bad legacy.
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The weaver worked until he was able to embroider in the style of the
original written text.
Our next tour walked us around old buildings that were part of the early English occupation, with buildings that had been build back in the early 1800’s.
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