walking

 

Hospital Footpath from Haultain Rd.
Tuesday morning I walked the 100metres (110yards) from Haultain Rd. thru to Jubilee Hospital at Adanac St.
It's a shortcut used mainly by hospital staff but I've used it a few time on foot and by bike.
It's single-track dirt trail when it's dry and mud when it's wet.
My usual gimbal mounted video camera (Yuneec CGO3 SteadyGrip) was not serviceable so I used my backup gimbal camera — DJImini 2 drone video camera.
It remains perfectly steady when mounted on the drone and airborne but only does an acceptable job when handheld (by me). It is what it is.
BTW The whole purpose of a gimbal mount is to eliminate any movement caused by any motion of the camera body.

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Friday morning I cycled 10km roundtrip to Jubilee Hospital to pay VIHA's bill for March.

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Outbound it was the UVic, dedicted cycling lane along Henderson Rd. to the top of the hill at Foul Bay Rd.

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After exiting This designated route it was a right turn on to Haultain Rd.

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From Haultain Rd. to Jubilee Hospital it was the single-track beside Bowker Creek to the end of Adanac St.
Hospital Footpath from Haultain Rd.

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Sunday morning I walked a 3800 loop up The Grind and back home thru Finnerty Gardens

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A beautiful, sunny morning at a balmy 9°C (48°F).

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No wind As I recall, this is the first day this year with no wind. Sailors hate it.

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On the way up Glastonbury hill (aka The Grind) I walked in and took a pic of the construction progress.

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After peaking the mountain, it was back down into Finnerty Gardens. Miss Josephine Firth is the name of one of the largest, flowering rhododendrons in British Columbia.

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For some reason, it's blooming early this year.

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There wereonly two bunches of blooms open on this day.

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Wednesday morning I cycled a 22km loop downtown.

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Outbound via the Fort Street Bike Lanes from the University of Victoria Foul Bay Rd. connector.

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Inbound was the same from Ogden Point Docks

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After completing my business in twon, I rode out to see the first-cruiseship-of-the-year come it.

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My ship did not come in.

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The weather was dry but still cold at 29km/hr.

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April Fools Day I cycled an 18km loop Henderson/Foul Bay (University/Downtown Cycling Route) outbound and the Galloping Goose Trail (GGT) inbound to home.

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The object of this exercise (pun intended) was to checkout, firsthand, the new Fort Street Cycling Lanes.

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Heretofore, my only viable option to cycle to downtown Victoria has been to join the GGT at the Switch Bridge and ride it to town.

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The only safe road to ride between downtown is the University of Victoria Cyling Route.

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Not having separated (I call them dedicated) bike lanes up the Fort St. section between Cook St. and Oak Bay Ave. has always been its weakest link.

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This was rectified this year on January 10, 2024 with the completion of this dedicated bike lane.

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The lanes themselves are a masterful piece of design, engineering and construction.

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Thank you to all involved and in particular Victoria's former mayor, Lisa Helps.

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