Day 27 – July 30th – Tickle Cove

Day 27 – July 30^th – Tickle Cove

 

The morning brought beautiful sunny skies warm temperatures and some humidity.

A Ti back in Tickle Cove

Joan and Vance's Unit in Tickle Cove

Diane and I went for a quick walkabout and ended up at the Sea Arch.  Watching the water slowly roll in and out of the Arch was very tranquil.  We climbed down onto the rocks for some pictures and I also had to dip my feet into the water.   I thought the water temperature was very warm considering it is the North Atlantic Ocean (about 68 to 70 F). We met Joan and Vance on our walk out and went back with them for pictures from the viewing stand.

We met up with Tony’s cousin, Jim Lane (Patrick’s son) and had a nice chat with him about Tickle Cove.  There are only 11 residents in Tickle Cove during the winter now.  The majority of the people come from away for the summer and use the homes here as summer cabins/cottages.

We then went to visit Martha-Ann (Tony’s Sister-In-Law) for a very nice visit.  We talked about an hour; it was so nice to see her.  Like many people of Tickle Cove, she spends her winters in the Toronto/Brampton area and returns here for the summer.  It is still home to her and will continue to do that for as long as she is able.

We learned that part of a movie (The Grand Seduction) was made in Tickle Cove as well as Trinity.  There is a large grassy area to the west of town that was used as a Cricket Pitch and there were some fishing scenes that were taken around the Sea Arch area. One funny story that was relayed to us about the film was that during the filming of the fishing scenes they had the actors in a boat at the Sa Arch “fishing” while divers we down below with frozen Cod hooking them on the lines.  Of course when the cod was brought up as being “caught” they were still frozen.  One of the “old fishermen” in the movie commented that “the water was so cold here, the fish would come up frozen”!  I guess that was the way to cover up the fact of the frozen cod, hmmmmm, oh well that’s Hollywood I guess.  Talking to the locals that have seen the movie, they really enjoyed it and many plan on going back to see it a second time.

As we were leaving Martha-Ann’s, her neighbours Sam (who Vance “Mr. Social Butterfly J” had introduced himself to after our arrival) – and Ruby Kelly offered us a bag of fresh caught fish (cod) for our dinner. We could not say no and we were also invited in for a visit.  Sam and Tony used to chum around together as children.  We tried to get some dirt on Tony but Sam said there was none (we think Tony has paid him off J).  Sam and Ruby were very nice and as cell service in the area is spotty at the best of times; he suggested we go up to his brother’s house on the hill to get cell service.  “The front door is open, so just go on in and sit on the couch, enjoy the view (which is just fantastic) and do your cell stuff”, we were told.  It is still hard to get used to the friendliness and openness of the Newfoundland people in general and especially the people in Tickle Cove.  During our visit with the Kelly’s; Sam, offered to take us out cod jigging. 

Diane Getting Into The Boat

Joan getting into the boat

Vance is Successful

Mike is Successful

Part of "The Catch"

Vance climbing down to the boat

After lunch we walked about town; Sam caught up with us and took us out fishing.  Mike, Sam and Vance caught 14 cod (ranging from about 5 to 15 pounds) in about 2 hours.  It took us a lot longer to catch these ones; 5 years ago we caught the limit in less than 20 minutes!  There was a good wind while we were out on the ocean and we drifted very quickly.  It made it a little more difficult to jig, but we persevered and came home with our catch.

Today’s Happy Hour was more like Happy 10 Minutes! Dinner followed shortly thereafter with the menu including pan-fried cod with scrunchions (that Sam had given us), onions, ham, noodles and veggies.  Oh ya!

This brought an end to another fine day in Newfoundland.  Off to La Scie tomorrow for our next adventure.