walking

Tuesday morning I cycled 23km roundtrip along the Galloping Goose Trail (GGT) from Royal Roads park&ride (beside Aldeane Ave.), south to Rocky Point Road and back. The GGT crosses here where Kangaroo Road connects.

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This Xing is located at the 25.4km distance along the GGT. It's been a while since this section was last cycled by me so I found it quite refreshing to see all the old familiar views.

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Even on a weekday morning, the GGT is getting lots of traffic. Never once while traversing this 11.5km section was I out of sight of others using the trail. Why, even some marksmen (markspersonages?) were shooting at the South Vancouver Island Rangers (SVIR) grounds beside Luxton Road in Metchosin at the 20km Marker.

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I was hauling my Yuneec Haxacopter H on my Burley Flatbed Cargo Bicycle Trailer and put her up on the inbound leg. Be sure to view the video

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Yuneec Typhoon H Hexacopter over Field Farm and Bennett Rd Automotive Centre one-minute VIDEO

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Labels: cycled, ggt, yuneec

Sunday morning I was out before 8:00a.m. and cycled Midgard-UVic-Alumni trails-Henderson Park route to saw and chop some roots in the hood.

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The near-pannier contains bush-whacking tools. My larger tools are carried on my Burley trailer: chainsaws, shovels and a small back-hoe.

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Labels: cycled, henderson, uvic

Walked with B, Henderson loop and Alumni and thru Haro Road back to parking lot.

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Labels: henderson, walked

Cycled to UVic and Henderson then dug, chopped and sawed, roots along the Cedar Hill Road connector trail.

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The big mother of a root is now gone. It took all-of-the-above to get it out but the operation was successful.

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A few other lesser roots were removed as well.

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The trail project is looking good but I was too exhausted to try it out on my bike. Next time for sure.

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N.B. The Kalkhoff ebike was at the rec centre again this morning.

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Labels: cycled, henderson, uvic

Bernice & I walked along the Galloping Goose Trail from Harbour Road to Glo Restaurant & Lounge in the Selkirk Waterfront Project.

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For lunch we drove to Shizen Sushi Japanese Restaurant at Government & Fisgard St.

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The food wasn't as good as we remember it. We haven't been here for several years.

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Labels: ggt, selkirk, walked

Thursday morning I cycled to UVic and cleared some more of the trail connector to Cedar Hill X Road.

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Took one pic of the Norco along the trail

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Still more work to do but it's getting closer to being completed.

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Labels: cycled, henderson, uvic

Saturday morning I cycled up to UVic's Alumni Trails and cut some more roots from the trail connecting to Cedar Hill X Rd.

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Followers of this blog know this is an ongoing project of mine to make the trail safer for those walking it.

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On any given day there's hundreds of vehicles park along Cedar Hill X Rd and occupants walk this trail in and out to attend university classes. It appears the average duration a vehicle is parked here is three to four hours. This means, as many as one can see parked here, they're just a sampling of the total number of vehicles parked here throughout the day.

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The root-removal project is proceeding exactly as it should.

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Labels: cycled, uvic

Tuesday morning I cycled up to UVic and over to Henderson Rec Centre then home.

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Along the way I stopped off in the Alumni Trail to cut some roots. This is part of an ongoing project started some five years ago to make the unofficial trail from Cedar Hill Cross Rd to Alumni Main trail safer for those walking it.

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On any given day there's approximately 75 vehicles park along Cedar Hill X Rd and occupants walk this trail in and out to attend university classes, That's 150 trips per day over this section of trail.

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The heating plant project under construction is proceeding as it should.

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This was the second day in July we have had he heat on in the morning. It may go to the high 20s in th afternoon but overnight lows are around 12ºC.

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28ºC does make a 'heat wave' -- it's beach weather. But not if one listens to local media outlets or reads it in print media. The highest temperature ever recorded in British Columbia was at Lytton July 16, 1941 at 44.4ºC. (equals 112ºF). Now that is hot.

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We are nowhere's near our record heat in British Columbia so may I suggest we just cool it and enjoy what -- out west here -- we simply call 'summer'. Believe me, (after living in Victoria for over 80 years), it won't last much longer.

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N.B. Right now, at noonday in Victoria BC the temperature is 20ºC. In Lytton BC it's 31ºC.

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The highest temperature on Earth was recorded, July 10, 1913 in Azizia, Lybia at 56.7ºC. (134ºF.) -- now that is even hotter!

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Labels: alumni, cycled, henderson, uvic

Wednesday I walked through the centre trail at Panama Flats after flying the hexacopter

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Today I videoed the trail that cuts through the centre of Panama Flats Park . That's why the music is Centerfield by John Fogerty

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Firstly, the drone video was taken from low altitudes across the field from east to west then from my cellphone as the 250m trail was walked. Vimeo Panama Flats Park VIDEO

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Labels: interurban, walked, yuneec

Sooke Basin Drone VIDEO 2-minutes

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Thursday I cycled 16km roundtrip along the Galloping Goose Trail.

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Starting at Rocky Point Road I trailed the hexacopter on my Burley Flatbed up to the 38km Marker. This puts one at the marvelous outlook over Sooke Basin.

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The trail is elevated approximately 30m (100ft.) above the ocean at this location.

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We took the copter up another 45m (150ft.) so at an elevation of some 75m (250ft.) we got a much better view of the surrounding terrain.

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It was another day in paradise. For the first six kilometres outbound I did not see anyone else on the trail.

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Labels: 30km, 38km, cycled, ggt, hexacopter, yuneec

Sunday morning I cycled up to my favourite trail and did some remedial work with my bush-tools. That ongoing project is ongoing.

Someone may trip and get injured with roots like these obstructing one's  footing.

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Later in the morning, we drove to Cadboro Bay and attended at the annual Volksfest car show of Volkswagen and other invited automobile types.

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We had one of their soon-to-be-world-famous, large hotdogs for lunch along with a bag of chips and cold pop for four bucks. Best meal deal in this town.

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Then we drove to town and along Dallas Road before arriving back home at 1:30.

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VolksFest 2018 Photo Album Link

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Labels: cadboro, saanich

Saturday we attended the memorial service for Tom B. at the legion. They put on a very generous spread of eats for everyone (totally over 400 throughout the day) and we got to express our condolences to Tom's wife and family.

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We then went downstairs to join the Saturday Afternoon Jam at the Legion featuring Tom Gough and the best country band in Canada: Yesterday's Wine.

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We left a bit early to arrive at Little Jumbo Restaurant where SharBen had invited us for dinner at 5:30 p.m..Thank you again, kids, for this thoughtful and generous evening.

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This has to be Victoria's best-kept dining experience. What a great place!

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Our grandson is sous-chef there so we got the royal treatment for an enjoyable dinner and company.

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Labels: dinner, legion

Photot Link to One Year Ago (2017)

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Thursday we were counting cars at Atkins Station FREE parking lots and came up with 125 vehicles.

This number includes those vehicles parked along the streets.

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Unlisted YouTube VIDEO


 

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Labels: ggt, yuneec