Second stop on our driving tour of Newfoundland. Used lonely planet Canada & 2011 map & guide book for Newfoundland Labrador to map our trip. Spent a couple of nights booking B&B's, just under 2 months ahead of time & found it hard to get the first choice. We found all B&B's or Inn's that were en-suites, but didn't get all our first choices.
Here in Trinity we booked at Campbell House one room en-suite & one room with kitchen & private bathroom included, this was the most expensive of all the B&B's we stayed at. Nice room very comfortable be, we had the kitchen & private bathroom, everything you would need in the cupboards, fridge stove & microwave available. Breakfast here was also included, choice of cereal, muffins, yogurt, milk, juice, coffee & tea, more of a continental breakfast, and a breakfast menu is available at an extra cost. We also booked their Twine Loft dinner experience, it is a little different & a little costly, preorder for your choice of entres & starters, we started the ordering a bottle of wine with supper here.
Took a walking tour of the town, they have guides for a cost. Checked out a church, very impressive inside, wandered around & found the Dock Restaurant on the habour front that was also a store & museum headed there for supper that night, first lobster of the trip excellent. Kept with tradition and ordered a bottle of wine with supper.
During the walk-about we were invited to the Canada Day celebration at the post office were we enjoyed a short speech from the mayor, Canadian flag raising, little disappointed it was laying on the ground before it was raised. We listened as they sang the Newfoundland anthem & then we joined in on the Canadian anthem, then were invited for a hot dog, pop & cake. Noted on our walk that there are many boats on dryland, stored in the back or side yard of the owners home, so sad to see. Closing the fisheries sent many of the younger men off to Fort McMurray, they find a job, a girlfriend & rarely come home. This town is now a village which is now a part of a bight, which is a group of villages that have joined together for schools, hospitals etc. Trinity goes from a village of 300 people during the tourist season down to 30 families for the winter. Elderly if they have families there for the winter & young families have moved to town (St. John's).
Went to do the Skerwink Trail, which is a 5.3km trail that sends you inland & up to the top for cliff side walk. Easy trail at first then you start the up hill stair climb so if you have issues with stairs this is not the walk for you. Saw beautiful scenery, thought maybe we'd see a moose, no such luck, but we did see a couple of whales so cool. Got lots of pictures during this walk, not completely comfortable with being so close to the edge at times. Lots of look-out points. Another cool & foggy & drizzly day. But fun.
Found the town bar, Rocky's Place, enjoyable friendly bartender. We just asked her anything that we could think of about the area and she answered. Don't be afraid to ask anyone in Newfoundland just about anything, everyone is very friendly. Tourism is going strong in Newfoundland, met lots of people from other provinces but more from Ontario.

We had one night in Trinity in early June and stayed at Campbell House. The room was very comfortable and the sense of history in this home is amazing. The staff go out of their way to make you comfortable and to inform you about local events. We had dinner at the Artisan Inn which I would highly recommend. All in all our visit to Trinity and our stay at Campbell house was a highlight of our stay in Newfoundland.

I've just returned from a weekend at the lovely cluster of B&B's owned by Tineke Gow in Trinity (www.trinityvacations.com), and am still basking the the glow of a most wonderful time. Sleeping in the most comfortable rooms. eating the most delicious meals, walking through historic villages, breathing in the sea air, finding treasures in the town's arts and crafts shops. I would recommend this to anyone.

This was our first visit to the Trinity area for an overnight stay and we are looking forward to going back. Our room was clean and comfortable. The food was delicious and our host couldn't have been more helpful. What more could you ask for in a B&B? Definitely would stay again and again.

Laura Balchand