My new home, Cornwall P E I

Since coming over to Prince Edward i have been staying in a motel in Cornwall which is situated on the Trans Canada Highway 1,this is a federal/provincial highway system that joins the 10 provinces of Canada,it is along with the Australia's highway 1 and the Trans siberian highway one of the worlds longest national highways with the main route spanning 8,030
km's (4,990 miles).The highway system is recognizable by its distinctive white on green Maple Leaf route markers.The earliest known settlement in the Cornwall area was by French farmers in the North River area in the mid 1700's,the first English speaking settlers arrived in 1790.The name Cornwall dates back to the early 1800's when the Newson family who came from Cornwall England settled in the area.Cornwall is located in Queens county immediately west of P E I's largest and capital city Charlottetown.The present town was incorporated by the porvincial government in 1995 through muncipal amalgamation which saw the following unincorpoated rural commuities merged:North river,Elliot river, East wiltshire and york point.This part is looking upto the Cornwall Plaza there is a variety of shops inc Tim Hortons,this is coming a regular trek for me to get groceries from save easy,nice stroll up and an awkward one back to my motel with bags of groceries in hand,how i miss having a car,you seem to forget how reliant on a car you really are.anyone who has been to Canada and America will know how far things are spaced apart and how hard it is to actually get around without a gas powered vehicle,now this is top of the pile of things to buy,there really isn't a public transport system the buses run twice a day to Charlottetown but not at weekends (they don't run at all)so its taxi's at$12.50 each way this as you can imagine becomes a dear do on a measly truck drivers wage Lol.My motel is a basic place ive been to a couple in America and Canada they all seen to have the same layout,Bed.Tv (42"plasma yeah right)Fridge, oven, hob,bath/shower etc its warm its comfortable and clean it has internet, its not the Hilton but it will do.There is alot less traffic on the roads over here compared with the roads back in the UK,its unusally to see many traffic jams on P E I, this is about the most queues you get to see. Tim Hortons drive through.