I wanted to stay one more night in the lodge we stayed at, the Glenhorme Resort. Christiane was not enamoured of this idea. I thought since we were not staying at Inverness as planned, we should stay here. Christiane was keen on moving on. Frankly, we are running out of gas on this journey across half the country and back. We are tired and don’t have the energy for long trips which we once had.  So we decided to move on. She did not have a difficult time persuading me.The New Keltic Lodge

The first time Christiane and I visited Nova Scotia many years ago, in 1979, we flew in on a seat sale, rented a car, and visited as much of the province as we could in a week. That year we  and ended our stay at the Keltic Lodge. It was an elegant old-fashioned Lodge unlike anything we had ever seen before. We had to dress up for dinner. And I had no tie. I had never heard of such a thing, being a very unsophisticated rube from the sticks of Manitoba. One of the staff lent me a tie if I recall as we were allowed to dine, with perhaps some reluctance.

In 2024, we were saddened to learn that this lovely lodge had been closed for substantial renovations. The old lodge is closed probably for good. A smaller replacement lodge has been built and hopefully the owner, partly government owners, will restore the site to some extent. Frankly, nothing will replace the old lodge.

The complex is situated on Middle Head peninsula which in 1979 Christiane and traversed from the lodge to the end along a spectacular trail that in places led us beside the high bluffs. Those were the days my friend; we thought they’d never end. It was a magnificent walk.

This year we drove right up to the Old Lodge for what might be our last look at it. We remembered that the views from the lodge are stunning. We could sit in the dining room and look out at ocean from two opposite sides of the dining room. It was delightful  being on an isthmus.

We also stopped at Ingonish Beach for a view of the Lodge from there as it shows off the isthmus on which it is located. Truly an awesome location for a magnificent lodge