Thanks to all who contributed to this thread, I'm sorry I didn't get back here before now. Yes, I did this trip as planned this summer (August 2017) and very nice it was, too. For anyone else planning similar routes, I'd say that I found Halifax - Digby just fine for a day trip, it's surfaced all the way, and there's water available along the route. I'm accustomed to roads in SE UK, and by comparison Atlantic Canada is empty, friendly and very nice. The Digby ferry is fun (I saw a whale and lots of porpoises, gannets and other seabirds), and Saint John - Fredericton is good, too - big wide river valleys, lots of trees, and some nice little ferries to break it up. For other Europeans, I'd say Go to Atlantic Canada, it's great. High points for me were the scallops in Digby, some nice beer in Saint John, and chatting to people along the way. I ended up in Nouvelle, Gaspe, Quebec, some nice scenery up there, too. Highly recommended. x