Sunday 21 July A long and arduous day... There’s a theme here - each day has been tougher than we expected. One of us was actually heard to say last night “tomorrow will be a relatively easy day”. But then ... who the hell puts a trail straight up Burnaby Mountain?! No merciful switchbacks or … Continue reading Day 6: Vancouver (Science World) to Pitt Meadows →

Monday 2 July 2018 Incorporating the Stanley Park seawall and False Creek into a ride with our friends Chris and Mary-Anne Pepper who were visiting from South Africa. And the leg from Horseshoe Bay to Stanley Park was done a couple of years ago. We're not going to repeat it so take it as read … Continue reading Day 5: Vancouver →

Sunday 17 June #legsareDONE   And so are bums, wrists, hands ... another day of Allsorts - 73km of them which took a whole 7 hours! Longer than expected thanks to poor signs and a few missed turns. Fairly easy early rolling hills from Chemainus to Ladysmith for breakfast at the lovely Oysterbay Cafe on … Continue reading Day 4: Chemainus to Nanaimo Duke Point →

Saturday 16 June #cowichangrind A day of “fifths” over some 74km. First fifth through incredible, wet and muddy old growth deciduous forests. Second fifth a long slow gradual uphill grind through the woods into Cowichan where the only fun was swerving to avoid the snakes sunning themselves on the gravel path. Third an unexpected long … Continue reading Day 3: Duncan to Chemainus via Cowichan Lake →

Friday 15 July 2018 #nobodysaiditwouldbeeasy Did we mention we would also be hiking? Sooke wilderness and the Malahat must be one of the hilliest areas in the country. Oh so many hills - every downhill punished with an interrogatory uphill of some 16% gradient or more. Some short, but fierce. Some long; still fierce. And … Continue reading Day 2: Victoria outskirts to Duncan →

14 June 2018 Another epic journey started today. The Trans Canada Trail (or Great Trail) is some 24,400km across, up and down this magnificent country. Our plan is to tackle it - by bike and kayak - in pieces. Day 1 today was a short post-Graduation ceremony leg from the Pacific Ocean’s Clover Point in … Continue reading Day 1 – Victoria, BC →