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Ride 43 - Insert Title

Ride ** - 9 Nov 2019
Distance **.*km (Distance to date **.*km)
Time *hrs **mins (Time to date **hrs **mins)

So I think as the end is getting near, I'm losing focus a little!! At this point, I have broke the back of my ride and completely taken my foot off the gas. Admittedly I still have a few hours of riding left to do, but I have sufficient time and few plans in the next two months. Job Done. Right?

Much of the ride was around industrial estate. So on a saturday it's a little creepy ............I tried not to think why all the people I saw were hanging around there in skimpy outfits.

I got brave getting this close to a Seagull!

One thing I did see lots of is murals. It brightens up the area, but there's no disguising an industrial estate! A selection of murals shown below

Funny Story

A few months ago I popped into a hardware store to ask if they sold foam for a cushion.

After telling me they had no foam, the shop attendant replied 'why don't you try the foam shop'. I was stunned by the abruptness and uncanadianess of this shop attendant and left the shop immediately ......and then months later I found this!

My bad.

My Bad

Points of Interest.....

The Poetree (48.440708, -123.358215)

I've seen hundreds of little library boxes throughout Victoria, all unique in their own way. But this is the only Poetry box I've seen in my travels!

A place to share and read the poetry of others.

Poetree

Shark Wall (48.436583, -123.369084)

Just a wall......WITH A SHED LOAD OF SHARKS ON IT!!!

We're gonna need a bigger wall

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