There's no better time or place for a run than 9am on a July Saturday morning in Grand Bank, with the air salty and a little cool, the sky a bit overcast and the wind just a rumour of ocean breeze. Incidentally when I say I went for a run you can kind of put that in quotes - "run" - it was more like a pretty slow jog interspersed with great bouts of walking. But thus I was able to keep enough breath to say "morning" back to all the nice Grand Bank people who said "morning" to me - and this included the mayor, Rex Barnes, who was all dressed up in a nice suit to meet the schooner the Bowdoin, which was docking as part of the Bartlet celebrations. If you get a chance to meet her at a

port of call

you're in luck - she's a beautiful sight.

(Image: mdislander.com.)