(Day 2 of 2019) The garage in Beaverdell, BC (pop 258) actually has good coffee. And the General Store sells New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc so we’re doing ok. In the Hoodoo adventures van from Summerland to Myra Canyon this morning a fellow traveller had prepared us for the worst by telling us we would find … Continue reading Day 15: Myra Canyon to Beaverdell, BC →

Friday 31 May 2019 (Day 1 of 2019) A relatively gentle, but long (80km) beginning to the year’s efforts - partly because logistics meant we had to to do today backwards (downhill), heading back to where we left off last year on the shores of Okanagan Lake in Penticton rather than starting there. We began … Continue reading Day 14: Myra Canyon to Penticton, BC →

After a Canadian winter of indoor cycling and weeks of planning we’re ready to pick up from where we left off in the autumn. Our goal this year is to ride from Penticton, BC to Banff, which perches high on the other side of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. We sandwich these rides between winter’s … Continue reading Here we go for 2019 →

Monday 15 October Climbing, climbing, climbing. All day gentle uphill along the Kettle Valley Railroad Trail. Breakfast at the Cowboy Coffee shop in the company of the local deer, then up out of town in the cold above the Weyerhaeuser mill into scrubby pine trees. Soon we climbed into the incredibly beautiful BC grasslands - … Continue reading Day 13: Princeton to Link Lake (Bankeir), BC →

Sunday 14 October What a cold start! Minus 2 Celsius, as we said goodbye to Huan and Annalore, who dropped us off at the start point where we ended a few weeks ago 25km past the Coquihalla summit. We’d all had a great breakfast at the Home café in Merritt, consciously parking in the sun … Continue reading Day 12: Coquihalla Highway to Princeton →

Saturday 13 October Bankeir to Penticton A 5am start for our four hour drive to a campsite where we left out car for the start of our 3-day final ride of the year. Logistics meant we had to ride this weekend a little out of order, so we started with the last piece of this … Continue reading Day 11: Into the Okanagan →

Sunday 23 September 2018 Coquihalla conquered! And what a spectacular province this is - a breathtaking day (not only because of the 900m of climb in the first 35km). The fiery luminous reds of the maples in the valleys and golden yellows of the higher altitude birches and aspens, the lime green mosses and fingers … Continue reading Day 10: Up the Coquihalla →

Saturday 22 September 2018 “What idiots cycle up the Coquihalla in a downpour?!” We could hear the words from those in every car, truck and massive trailer that blasted past us, buffeting us in their backdraft and sidespraying us in their wash. In case we weren’t drenched enough. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves - … Continue reading Day 9: Agassiz to Somewhere on the Coquihalla →

Friday 21 September 2018 After a long hiatus due to wildfires and too much travel, we hit the trail again from where we left off in Abbotsford almost a season ago. This last day of summer graced us with blustery, cloudy conditions but thankfully only some of the promised rain. It was a day of … Continue reading Day 8 Abbotsford to Agassiz →

Sunday 29 July 2018 Well, that was hot! Day 7 on the Great Canadian Trek started off a bit industrial under the Golden Ears Bridge, but soon took us on to the most lovely trail along the Fraser River. Wooded, alongside rolling fields and punctuated with funky cutouts of eagles, cows and a ploughman, this … Continue reading Day 7: Pitt Meadows to Abbotsford →