Ride 29 - Making a Day of It

Ride 29 - 18 August 2019
Distance 46.4miles (Distance to date 528.0 miles)
Time 4hrs 57mins (Time to date 64hrs 45mins)

A ride so big, I had to split it in half!

Strava

So I returned to Oak Bay Bikes to rent another decent bike. It may seem like bending the rules, it may be I am bending the rules, but at this stage, I don't really care. Green bikes are hard to find and hard to ride, especially for an entire day! A 'rental bike' was all I said at the start!

As always, the day got off to a slow start. The plan was to be at Oak Bay Bikes when they opened at 10am, but with one distraction and another I finally got a bike (the last available!) at 12pm! Half a day wasted!

Craigdarroch Castle (background)

The ride was great, if you know Victoria, you'll know these areas are great to ride around. One amazing discovery THE MUFFINS AT MT DOUG MARKET!!!!

Get in my BELLY!

Points of Interest.....

Clare St Animal Signs (48.42472, -123.32798)

Every street sign on Clare St has a wooden animal shape attached to it! If you decide to drive there to check it out, parking may be an issue.

I would have just put dogs on every sign

Canadian Cyclist (48.418265, -123.355522)

Just an amusing road marking.....although admittedly the hat looks a little Chinese!

You wouldn't see that from a car!

Crazy Bird Lady's House (48.415500, -123.342107)

Home Alone 2? You know what I mean right?

Isaac Newton may have had different theories if he'd sat under this tree!

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 46 - Press in Tow

Ride 46 - 1 December 2019 Distance 33.9km (Distance to date 1,485.4 km) Time 2hrs 43mins (Time to date 114hrs 7mins) I was joined on this ride by a journalist from the Times Colonist !! Got to start somewhere Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of me and Roxanne exploring the east side of James Bay together, but I do have proof for the doubters........... https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/meet-the-cyclist-who-rode-every-victoria-street-often-twice-1.24039234 The stuff of nightmares Sadly the exploring was surprisingly bland, so not much to report. I was expecting this area to be a little treasure trove. Maybe I was just chatting too much Not as comfortable as it looks Points of Interest..... No points of interest

Victoria on a Bike

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