Skip to main content

Ride 10 - Love / Hate in equal measures

Ride 10 - 11 May 2019
Distance 20.8 miles (Distance to date 177.2 miles)
Time 2:41 (Time to date 21:31)

I've previously stated the things I love: 
1. Golf Courses
2. Parks
3. Universities

 Well, for balance, the things I hate are:
1. No Exit Roads
2. Hills
3. 1. and 2. combined!

 Well this ride had all of them!  I guess overall that makes it average.
Hate

 This ride ticket a pretty major box, conquering Mt Tolmie on a u-bicycle.  Mt Tolmie wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting, but Glastonbury Rd was savage!  I was on my limit going up Glastonbury Rd and got to a point where I couldn't do full revolutions of the pedals.  Even my arms were shaking at the top.
If a picture could convey pain!
Points of Interest.....

 Mt Tolmie (48.456908, -123.325741)

 Mount Tolmie is named after Dr. William Frazer Tolmie, a biologist and prominent member of the community in the 1960’s. 

 The park has offers some great views of Victoria and across the water, you can see the Olympic Mountain Range and Mount Baker. The summit has an elevation of 120m 
Rich 1 - 0 Mt Tolmie

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ride 11/12 - Bang Bang

Ride 11/12 - 12-13 May 2019 Distance 24.1 miles (Distance to date 212.1 miles) Time 3:09 (Time to date 24:11) To help me keep on top of things, I've combined these rides.  I got busy, rode three days on the bounce and have been struggling to catch up since (I have a life away from exploring Victoria too!). v Both rides were in the evening and local to my home.  Being out in the evening was a nice change and there were plenty of deer roaming the street at dusk. Green Bike in it's natural habitat More Deer.....said nobody in Gordon Head Points of Interest..... Sea View Bench   (48.494665, -123.328541) Beach access is at a premium in Gordon Head.  I found this little used private bench at the end of a cul de sac.  It's a little overgrown, but if you just want to take in a view in private, this would be a great spot. Warning: You may need to clear some bramble before sitting Vantreight Park   (48.492309, -123.30736) Just a ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ride 48 - Final Ride!!

Ride 48 - 15 Dec 2019 Distance 25.1 km (Distance to date 1532.7 km) Time 2hrs 11mins (Time to date 108hrs 12mins) Put a fork in me........I'm DONE!!! Since February 2019, I have dreamed of this ride.  I'd had all sorts of thoughts about how to end and how I'd mark the occasion.  In the end, I planned nothing.  With my wife heavily pregnant, the rides were becoming a burden and adding a celebration just didn't seem fair. In the end, fate gave me an ending; albeit a simple one.  The final metre of my final street was this................... The cycling gods delivered The last ride was a cold one, with the night's frost melting away as the sun hit. On the way there I also achieved a bucket list level accomplishment!!! Being early meant that downtown wasn't busy, great for a cyclist wanting to meander about looking for his last few random finds of this adventure. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Just a blue cow.  I...
Post a Comment
Read more

How many roads are there in Victoria?

So, before getting started, I'm going to make a guess of what I've taken on. The challenge is to cover every road in Victoria, I've taken 'Victoria' to mean Victoria and the surrounding areas / districts. So the municipality 'City of Victoria' has a total of 258km . Unfortunately, I've made my life difficult and included Esquimalt, Oak Bay and some of Saanich! Just a finger in the air here, but it looks like Victoria covers 1/4 of my area, so I'm looking at just over 1,000km.  On one of these: Jeepers
Post a Comment
Read more