Ride 19 - New Tactic! Early Starts

Ride 19 - 29 June 2019
Distance 20.8 miles (Distance to date 287.7 miles)
Time 2hrs 36mins (Time to date 35hrs 34mins)

In the interests of preserving my marriage, I am employing new tactics for my weekend rides. Starting early! Sacrificed any sort of (much needed) lie in to get this one in the bank!

Once out on the road, the early morning rides are great. The urban animals (deer and rabbits) are out for their morning grass, the roads are quiet and the morning light adds a special feel to things.

Problem

Problem Solved

Points of Interest.....

The Rainbow Fence (48.48345, -123.39923)

I found this fence a few days before pride week; surely it was not just painted for one week!?

Brightens the place up

The Tree through Roof (48.49378, -123.39761)

A unique feature depicting the intersection of urban development and nature ....or a tree through a roof?

Which came first

Comments

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

Biggest News in Saanich Right Now?

So I think I've had my 15 minutes of fame. Man, it was quick. I was interviewed by the local paper............. and I was FRONT PAGE news!!!! That's right, Victoria on a Bike was the biggest news in Saanich . (We don't need to mention that this week's biggest news in Saanich was 20 people going on a 5km bike ride!*). Front Page The madness didn't stop there. Next I received a call from CBC Radio and asked to be a guest on the All Points West radio show. This is the only evidence I can offer that I was on the radio! What's next you ask? Well after all the attention my website had 60 hits (out of a metropolitan population of >300,000), so I guess nothing is next and things will carry on as normal! * Incase you doubted me

Ride 28 - Foul Bay

Ride 28 - 5 August 2019 Distance 24.1miles (Distance to date 481.6 miles) Time 2hrs 56mins (Time to date 59hrs 48mins) No idea how Foul Bay Rd got it's name ( until now!! ), but it's not foul and there is no Foul Bay in Victoria. Still it makes for a pleasant bit of Urban Onroading! Sometimes timing is everything Points of Interest..... Jumping Dog (48.436641, --23.317773) Just a statue of a jumping dog. It made me smile! Woof!

Victoria on a Bike

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