Ride 47 - Zzzzzzzzzzip

Ride 47 - 7 December 2019
Distance 22.2 km (Distance to date 1,507.6 km)
Time 1hrs 54mins (Time to date 116hrs 1min)

Hopefully, if all goes to plan, this was my penultimate ride! Zipping up the gaps I have left on my map.

The ride was pretty miserable, mainly because of the wet December weather.

Fenders!!!

I did finally ride past the Tartan Toque, probably my favourite place to eat in Victoria. I'd always planned to stop here for a beer and a bowl of chicken wings when I finally rode past, but it didn't sound so appealing at 11am!!

Best Wings in Victoria (IMHO)

My kind of art

That crack was made by a dog's head

Points of Interest.....

No points of interest

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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