THE GASPÉ 1,000-MILE TOUR

One thousand plus miles in top down weather with fantastic views, great food and places to stay were highlights of a recent week-long tour of the Gaspé Peninsula by John and Shirley Ann B. in their 1974 MGB.

Organized by the BATANS club, the tour featured a variety of British classic sports cars including Sunbeam Alpine, Austin-Healey and Curry Alder’s Jaguar E-type. Often with steep hills on one side and sea the other, the well-surfaced Quebec roads were a joy to enjoy – especially the many corkscrew turns that added real meaning to sporty driving!

The one big standout feature of the trip was the two-day visit to Percé, viewing Percé Rock close-up by boat, and a voyage around nearby Bonaventure Island, home to tens of thousands of gannet seabirds. Quite a sight!

The tour, which took many weeks of planning, was a great and popular success. One wonders if FABAC could at least organize a multi-day tour, say over a weekend to Nova Scotia. Any volunteers?

John B.

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2 comments:

David Nielsen said...

Bravo, Shirley Ann and John! I hope photographs are soon on their way.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the report and photos. I'm sure you had a great trip. We did a tour of the Gaspé in September, 2013 and thoroughly enjoyed it as well.
Phil O