Ride 34 - Back to the grind

Ride 34 - 5 October 2019
Distance 28.1km (Distance to date 1006.7km)
Time 2hrs 22mins (Time to date 77hrs 12mins)

I've broke the 1000km barrier!!! That's a looong way on a rented bike found at the side of the street!

This ride was a return after a long break. I've had a fun end to the summer and the last month has been crazy busy; away pretty much every weekend (lots of cycling involved, naturally). Felt good to be back in the old routine and making progress to completing the challenge (even if it was a cold and wet ride!).

Bike Shot

This stuffy has had a hard life

Points of Interest.....

Giant Yard Dragon (48.46321, -123.37947)

Someone must really love dragons. But a treat for me to see one up close!

GGGRRRRRRRRRRR!

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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