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Ride 45 - No More Waterfront to Ride

Ride 45 - 23 November 2019
Distance 31.3km (Distance to date 1451.5km)
Time 2hrs 38mins (Time to date 111hrs 24mins)

The end is firmly in sight!
My rides tend to be pretty unplanned; I tend to head to an area, circle an area and then colour it in.  This lack of planning has now left me with an east west corridor!  The good news is, this corridor should be pretty simple to complete!

Ride 44 to Date


Ride 45 means I am now complete east of Shelborne, with downtown being the only sizeable chunk left to go.  I've not saved downtown until last (as many people have assumed), in fact, quite the opposite; I have been putting it off as I'm dreading it!



The ride was pleasant, finishing off oak bay.  Sad to finish my last little bit of waterfront, as the waterfront rides are the ones I generally enjoy most.

Deer command a lot more respect now they're 'tooled up'


The 'Greatest Street Name in Victoria' award goes to.............

The end of the ride didn't go well.  Uploading my updated map, I spotted THIS:
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 Points of Interest.....


Muppet Library Box (48.4285, -123.325)

It takes a lot for a library box to impress me now, but this one is AWESOME!!  Maybe I have a soft spot for the muppets.
Is silent sadly

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