Ride 38 - Happy Wedding Anniversary

Ride 38 - 19 October 2019
Distance 26.4km (Distance to date 1134.3km)
Time 2hrs 6mins (Time to date 87hrs 4mins)

Time is running out. So much so, with a wife 6 months pregnant, to celebrate our wedding anniversary, I went out biking*. My wife is the best (I could say anything here as she doesn't read this blog!).

I stopped here for a skype conversation. Not recommended!

So this ride saw me heading back to the Oaklands area, which means plenty of painted telegraph poles!

They have tails too

Not sure why, but I liked this one

The ride was fine, everything was going to plan until I got home and glanced at my GPS (see below). AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! I'm not a very particular person by default, but it is hard to explain how much imperfections in my map niggle me! The benefit of this is, I don't let these imperfections accumulate and I don't forget them (mainly as I lie awake grinding my teeth until they're fixed!).

NUTS! I missed a bit

* Incase you're judging me, me and my wife did go away for the evening later the same day!

Points of Interest.....

Fernwood Heritage Walking Tour (48.4312, -123.33497)

Fernwood is a nice area with a great community feel. On my journey I discovered this self guided walking tour to take in some of Fernwood's heritage buildings. There are free leaflets with plenty of information and means you don't need to memorize the map! One caveat, I haven't actually done the tour yet!

Free Stuff Rocks!

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