The following is a summary of our trip written for the Ontario Traffic Council‘s quarterly magazine. Past issues are no longer online so I am sharing the summary here. Last fall, as members of the Brampton Cycling Advisory Committee and BikeBrampton chatted after a committee meeting, I overheard John Van West and David Laing talkingContinue reading “#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – OTC Magazine Summary”
Yearly Archives: 2017
Back to Ottawa – December 3&4
After a relaxing morning with breakfast in the apartment, we walked to Second Cup for coffee. Owen was playing with my camera and took a picture of me. I don’t get to be the subject very often in my family. Then we proceeded to the Canadian Museum of Nature – a pleasant 20 minute walkContinue reading “Back to Ottawa – December 3&4”
Back to Ottawa – December 2
I’ve never lived in an apartment building so the occasional time I am up high I really enjoy the views. Today I watched workers at City Hall begin to lay down layers of ice on the circle at Centre-left with a fire hose like I used to do in Carabram Park. We ate breakfastContinue reading “Back to Ottawa – December 2”
Back to Ottawa – Transit vs Car
In July, I took the train to Ottawa. It was my first time on VIA Rail. I enjoyed it immensely. Michael and I drove to David and Dayle’s house to pick them up, then onto Rani’s. Rani drove us downtown to Union Station and her brother, who lives downtown, drove the car home for her.Continue reading “Back to Ottawa – Transit vs Car”
Back to Ottawa – December 1
We decided to take Trystan and Owen to Ottawa for a long weekend. Owen has never been before. Trystan visited on a Grade 7 school trip. Michael and I took Megan and Alun to Ottawa in August 2016. Before that we had not visited Ottawa together for 18 years, although we have each been hereContinue reading “Back to Ottawa – December 1”
#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Stats Summary
I thought it would be fun to summarize the riding days from Ottawa to Brampton. Also, here is the complete list of blogs for the trip: Prep Day – https://wp.me/p4TEzX-OE Travel Day – Train Travel Day to Ottawa – https://wp.me/p4TEzX-OK Ottawa Day 1 – Meeting and Tour Day – Ottawa – https://wp.me/p4TEzX-Pl Ottawa Day 2Continue reading “#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Stats Summary”
#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Ajax to Brampton – Final Day
I felt so much more energetic on our final day, after staying in for the evening, than I did on Day 5. At our final evening briefing we decided to take the advice of our local experts, who provided such a great escort yesterday, and follow the Waterfront Trail to the Don Valley, for aContinue reading “#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Ajax to Brampton – Final Day”
#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Port Hope to Ajax With an Escort
I am a member of the Brampton Cycling Advisory Committee and was fortunate to be able to attend the 2016 Bike Summit as a representative of the committee. While I was there I met Joe Arruda, a commuter cyclist promoting active transportation in Oshawa. Joe and I started following each other on twitter. While weContinue reading “#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Port Hope to Ajax With an Escort”
#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Belleville to Port Hope – Headwinds
This blog post is late since Rani kept me up late talking and when I tried to upload pictures, I found that the internet at Summerville Bed and Breakfast in Port Hope was inadequate. I found the following day of riding grueling and discovered the Ajax Super 8 wifi was also inadequate, putting me twoContinue reading “#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Belleville to Port Hope – Headwinds”
#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Kingston to Belleville – A Day of Contrasts
The day dawned overcast with a light rain. We faced the disappointment of knowing that John would not be able to ride with us today, due to his damaged ankle, and the concern that he might not be able to ride again, during this trip. It was our third long-distance ride day in a row.Continue reading “#OttawaBramptonOdysseyCycle – Kingston to Belleville – A Day of Contrasts”