walking

 

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has posted signs at Selkirk Trestle.

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There are no visible indications of any trestle repairs but there is equipment on site.

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Some report the CRD is quick to close the Galloping Goose Trail (GGT) but slow to reopen it.

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The CRD still has the GGT closed beyond Sooke Potholes Campground some eight-months (8mon.) after the Old Man fire was extinguished.

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Perhaps the access to Kapoor Regional Park will remain closed permanently.

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We'll let you know if the GGT beyond the 56km Marker ever reopens.

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We walked 4½km along the E&N tracks from Shawnigan Lake Rd. Xing to Okotoks Powerline Xing.

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Every road off Okotoks roads are marked as PRIVATE as are all E&N road Xings. Strange.

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When it comes down to it the E&N railway itself is PRIVATE.

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Soon enough the E&N RoW will be gone, but we're going to keep on enjoying it as long as possible.

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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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Goldstream Suspension Bridge via E&N Rail Grade Tuesday our son and I walked 2km from Humpback Rd along the E&N railway to Goldsream Suspension Bridge

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The plan was to walk the 5km to Cisco Bridge over Niagara Canyon but that didn't happen.

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The CRD aka Capital Regional District Victoria Water Supply has the tracks gated and locked at their facility.

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We walked up and viewed the suspension bridge but didn't walk down the 150m grade.

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On the way in our son got stung no less than three times by bees. The bees had built a nest on one of the rotted-out railway ties.

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It was a great day to be outdoors and we met others along this route. Addendum We enjoyed beautiful weather this morning by hiking 4km roundtrip along the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway tracks. These tracks have been abandoned to train service since May 10, 2011 but are frequented often by locals and hikers. This section provides a shorter and flatter access to the Goldstream suspension Bridge than does the Great Trail. Our walk stated at Humpback Road where it crosses the railway tracks. The Great Trail (formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail) is one of the world's longest networks of multi-use recreational trails. Once fully connected, it will stretch nearly 24,000 km from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic oceans, through every province and territory, linking Canadians in nearly 1,000 communities.

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Our son was good enough to join me on a hike with which he was not familiar. Shortley after departing our trail-head he may have been having second thoughts after being stung by no less than three bees! Being a tough lad he carried on without comment. The suspension bridge is located where the Victoria Water District has a treatment facility so there are many gates and signs reminding users of restricted areas. The down side for users is they also block access along the rail grade. The VIA Rail Dayliner could run through here but appearenttey walkers cannot. The Capital Regional District has it locked down pretty good.

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Labels: djineo, e&n, goldstream, walked

 

Friday morning I walked our 3800m (2¾miles) loop over Mt. Tolmie and back thru Finnerty Gardens.

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On my way up The Grind> I took a picture of the ongoing, house construction.

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Once over the mountain it was down to Rattenbury to Henderson Rd.

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I hiked a 3800m loop, clockwise through University of Victoria and over Mt. Tolmie.

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It was a beaautiful, sunny morning at a balmy 10°C (50°F).

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I stuck to the designated pathways for the most part.

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I'm a little shaky but didn't fall down.

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My left leg rectus femoris has experienced a numbness since my illness. The leg control is still functional but limited by the numbness on the muscle's surface.

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It's almost like the symptoms from a stroke.

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The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles that sits in the middle of the front of the thigh. The rectus femoris attaches from the pelvis to just below the knee (on the patellar tendon). It is responsible for knee extension and hip flexion.

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Labels: finnerty, tolmie, walked

 

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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Labels: dji, video, walked

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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Easter Sunday I walked a 3800m loop over Mt. Tolmie and thru the University of Victoria back home

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I put the DJImini 2 up from the mountain side and looked at the construction on Glastonbury Rd.

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This walk gets more enervating each time I walk it.

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Maybe my mountain climbing days are over.

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Anyway, it certainly is wonderful weather for outdoor activities at 13°C (55°F).

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Jesus Christ is risen! Amen.

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N.B. Today's 2009 image is of the younger, 72 year old Bill who has enjoyed an active life in good health — and still at it! 

Tuesday morning I walked a 3km loop over Mt. Tolmie.

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My slower pace going up The Grind gave me a heart-rate of 110bpm

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Going up Glastonbury, there was a large flatbed truck parked in the construction site driveway.

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I know what you're thinking: who cares? Right.

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The photo does prove I was there, on what date and time.

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I came back down Glstonbury to shorten my enervating walk.

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Labels: tolmie, walked

 

Tuesday I walked up The Grind and over Mt. Tolmie on my 3800m loop.

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The Grind for the uniitiated is Glastonbury Rd. hill.

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Anyone who who thinks it's NOT a grind has never walked up it without stopping.

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I do this steep walk to keep in line with my cardiologist's admonition to: “Get out twice a week and get your heartbeat up to 120bpm for twenty minutes.”

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But not everyone does what their doctor tells them.

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It's a real privilege to have this cardio walk right in our backyard — 80m to the trailhead.

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Today's photo was taken in Finnerty Gardens.

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I hiked a 3800m loop, clockwise through University of Victoria and over Mt. Tolmie.

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It was a beaautiful, sunny morning at a balmy 8°C (46°F).

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This was my first walk without a walking stick since leaving hospital two months ago.

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I'm a little shaky but didn't fall down.

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My left leg rectus femoris has experienced a numbness since my illness. The leg control is still functional but limited by the numbness on the muscle's surface.

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It's almost like the symptoms from a stroke.

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The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles that sits in the middle of the front of the thigh. The rectus femoris attaches from the pelvis to just below the knee (on the patellar tendon). It is responsible for knee extension and hip flexion.

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Labels: tolmie, uvic, walked

 

Hiked 2200m loop up Kingsberry trail and over Mt. Tolmie

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With the wife's ill health I didn't want her left alone too long so my 3800m loop has been shortened.

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The property under construction at 1765 Glastonbury is proceeding as it should.

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We ahve pictures-to-prove-it.

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I saw what was thought to be a glacial erratic until a drill hole was dicovered it.

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Either way it presents an anomoly due to its location.

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Saturday morning I walked our 3800m, clockwise, route over Mt. Tolmie and University of Victoria grounds.

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It was a beautiful, sunny morning with a stiff wind.

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Anyone dressed for the weather could only enjoy it!

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All the local paths I walk are muddy. Many even have ankle-deep, standing water on them.

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Don't believe everything reported regarding the weather: There's no drought conditions where I walk (off pavement) and this is the coldest (not warmer) late-February and March temperatures I've experienced in Victoria over the past 87 years here.

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Tuesday morning I walked a 3km loop over Mt. Tolmie and back down Glastonbury hill.

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The northwest col trail system was the chosen route and put me in behind the construction site which was previously photographed from the roadway.

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The new driveway was so wide it looked like it was for a new road.

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Not so. Seems they're only building one house — for now.

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This was my first time I hiked over the mountain since getting out of the hospital last month.

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Maybe I'll keep an eye on this site and put the drone up to get a better look.

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Labels: tolmie, walked

 

Saturday morning I walked a 2km loop up The Grind (Glastonbury Rd. hill) and back through Nancy Hanks St./Horner Park.

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This is the first time up The Grind since getting out of hospital after a two-week incarceration.

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The weather was overcast with slight breeze so perfect for outdoor activities

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There was new construction taking place off Glastenbury so that's the only pic I got.

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Labels: tolmie, walked

 

Sunday morning I drove 18km to Munn Road powerline access.

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There were trail sections I did not cycle yesterday while here so today they were walked.

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By meeting this young cyclist along the very trail being explored confirmed the fact it can be cycled.

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I'll probably be content to walk it once the weather cools off then try it on the bike.

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Thetis Lake Park certainly has a plethora of trails to be explored.

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Thursday morning I walked a 3km loop over Mt. Tolmie.

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Starting out by going up The Grind on Glastonbury I came down the sttep hills at Gordon Head Rd.

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It wasgetting pretty warmat 10:15 so headed back to the ranch

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Regent Tours had a bus load of tourist up the mountain

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Presumably, from the two crusieships docked at Ogeden Point near downtown Victoria visible from atop the mountain.

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The tour buses go up Mount Tolmie for the panoramic views of Southern Vancouver Island, the Olympic Mountains and the gulf Islands. Come to think of it — that's why I hike up there (and have done since 1946 at age 9yrs).

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Sunday morning I hiked 4km roundtrip along a Thetis Lake Park Trail

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Yesterday I rode my ebike here but took the wrong trail

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Today I got it right and hiked the Highland Road Trail 2km through to Munn Rd near Rolla Pl.

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This is the northern-most Thetis Lake Munn Rd connector — of which there are a few.

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I don't know if I can cycle it due to all the steep hills but I'm willing to find out.

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Maybe I can break some bones next time.

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addendum During the 1½hrs on the trail I saw ten cyclists — on acoustic, mountain bikes and in varying groups — pass me along the trail. House GPS Coordinates N48°29.291', W123°27.882'

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Thursday morning I walked a 3800m loop over Mt. Tolmie starting from Kingsberry Crescent Trailhead.

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After nearly getting T-boned by two running deer, I made it to the top and down Rattenbury Pl.

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Two bucks were feed a few metres from the trail as I passed and seemed completely unconcerned regarding my presence.

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The big field beside Gordon Head Rd. and on University of Victoria lands has had the tall grass cut.

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The loop took me an hour-and-a-half (1½) with all the stops I made clearing the trails of overhanging branches and vines.

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Just another glorious day in paradise.

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