walking

E&N Railway at Malahat BC Tuesday, October 1st I drove the 27km (16miles) from Victoria BC to Malahat, BC.

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The purpose being to find a level access to the E&N Railway near this location.

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After driving through Cedar Springs Ranch campground I ended up at Malahat Mountain Meadows Campground.

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The campers here told me how to get to the tracks using the nearby trail.

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This access had too much gain for my purposes so after walking the tracks southbound for ten minutes a level xing appeared.

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This level xing connects from Cedar Spring Ranch campground (the place I just drove through).

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We remember this campground from the 60s and is where our kids learned to swim in the outdoor pool.

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Labels: e&n, malahat, walked

 

Cameron, We hope everything went well with your appopintment. You didn't miss anything on the bike ride because I had so much cargo I couldn't move it all up the hills. Did I say there was lots of hills? Yes I did.

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Anyway, after cycling in the DH for one kilometre I decided to try the hills before becoming completely enervated. Good job I did because I barely made it back up the hills and out. I don't give up that easy and will try it from the Malahat road entrance next week.
Bill
Here's a video from last year when I cycled in to Oliphant Lake. Oliphant Lake Drone Flight and Biking Oliphant Lake is not a "natural" lake, it was created in the 1930's as a water source for the Bamberton cement works

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Oliphant Lake FAIL video

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Labels: ebike, malahat, oliphant

Friday morning I put the DJI Mini 2 up and over the Malahat Skywalk. The drone was 245m (1800ft.) out from my location beside Hwy-1.

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It seems I've sweated this flight for some weeks now but finally pulled it off.

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Once the Mini 2 was 245m (1800ft.) out over the Skywalk I wanted to lower it closer but the Lost Connection warning came up on the controller screen so I simply used the zoom feature on the new drone.

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What an advancement that is in Aerial Vehicle technology.

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Anyway, I'm very grateful t ohave this high-tech equipment to fool around with and hopefully share it online with those not so fortunate.

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On this trip I left home at 10:30a.m. and was back by noon. Amen.
Malahat Skywalk VIDEO

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Labels: malahat, mini2, skywalk

 

After driving up to the Malahat on Vancouver Island to put my DJI Mini 2 drone up and over the Malahat Skywalk it didn't happen. The fog was on-the-deck (pilot speak for down-to-ground-level).

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After waiting an hour in the Malahat Chalet Restaurant I decided the fog wasn't going to lift.

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Before heading back to the ranch, I continued on to the U-Turn location beyond the summit and put the Mini2 up just because I could.

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We have a plan to try again next week.

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DJI Mini 2 VIDEO 15-seconds

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Labels: malahat

 

Sunday morning I cycled 9.5km roundtrip from Aikman Road parking and trainlhead to Oliphant Lake dock and viewing platform.

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Somewhere along the way I managed to put my drone up ona beautiful day.

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What aspectacular day to be outdoors!

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The ride on my ebike pulling the drone onmy Burley Bike Trailer was enervating but I made it.

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There's lots of hills both up and down but overall it equals out. the lake is at 1388ft. and the trailhead is 1422ft.

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The drone acted up upon liftoff but settled down after a while.

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I got good video footage from the drone and GoPro and posted my 428th video to Youtube.

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Oliphant Lake Drone Flight and Biking

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Labels: ebike, malahat, yuneec

 

I drove the Benz to Bamberton and a truck road connected to Hwy-1.

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Austensibly, it's a short 3km hike to Oliphant Lake from here. Today's 700m walk was just a reconnaissance to compare what I see with what's shown on some maps.

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A nice view over Finlayson Arm to American Gulf Island.

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GPS Coordinates: 48°36.246'N 123°32.486'W

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Labels: malahat, walked

 

Sunday morning we cycled 5800m over the Malahat from Bamberton to Shawnigan Lake Road on the old, Private Truck Road.

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This distance belies the fact this not an easy ride on a bicycle.

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I know how deceptive this is because insteaad if taking my electric-assist bike (only 5800m?), I took my Norco pedal bike. Big mistake.

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The ride ends at the Shawnigan Lake/Mill Bay Rd., due to the fact local land-owners have claimed it for their own. A fairly (or unfairly) common practice on Vancouver Island.

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Amos is a good trail-buddy and good company. Big, strong, handsome and reliable. What more can one ask for?

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Unfortunately, my GoPro did not record the journey as the SD card was corrupted from too many recording cycles. After formatting and testing it's working again.

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Labels: amos, cycled, malahat, norco