Ride 20 - Happy Canada Day!!

Ride 20 - 1 July 2019
Distance 23.4 miles (Distance to date 311.1 miles)
Time 2hrs 50mins (Time to date 38hrs 24mins)

It's Canada Day!! What better way to celebrate this great nation than exploring every nook and cranny on a crappy green rental bike!?

Despite it being CANADA DAY, there wasn't much going on early in the morning, so I felt like I had the roads to myself. Weather was great too, which has been something we've taken for granted previously in July!

Points of Interest.....

Jennifer Park (48.46138, -123.34117)

This hidden gem offers panoramic views of Saanich. Yes, you get better views at Mt Tolmie or Mt Doug, but from Jennifer Park you can see both Mt Tolmie and Mt Doug! Plus it's tiny and hidden so you're unlikely to be bothered by all 'the people'.

I'm struggling to caption this

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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