Our final day seemed to arrive so quickly even though, at the beginning the week it seemed like we had so much time stretching ahead of us. It was so cold today, 3° Celsius, that Wayne had to put on sleeves! The rest of us lawyered up for warmth. We had breakfast, packed our bagsContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 7”
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey Day 6
We decided to try a ride in Northumberland County today which was shared on their cycling website. We knew it was going to be a cold day, but weren’t expecting rain. Unfortunately, the rain which was forecast but didn’t happen yesterday, happened today. We drove half an hour to the beginning of the ride onContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey Day 6”
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 5
Weather forecasts, even short term ones, are becoming increasingly unreliable. Last night, the forecast was showing a strong threat of thunderstorms, and the possibility of tornadoes developing by mid afternoon, so we chose the 65 km Hills, Views and Pastries route 3A to ride today, and planned to leave no later than 9am, to hopefullyContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 5”
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 4
Today we decided to ride Route 2A: The Cottage Country 80. It’s another ride from the Peterborough and Kawarthas website. Last night I downloaded the ride from the website, and did auto tracing so that we would have voice cues. It was only this morning that I realized I should look for a place forContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 4”
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 3
When we got up this morning at 7am the sky was very overcast and the ground wet. Shortly it started raining. We ate breakfast and were lingering when the sun came out. We sprang into action, getting into our cycling clothes, choosing a route, and headed out the door. I loaded the route into RideContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 3”
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 2
A few days ago, the forecast for Peterborough today, was for 10 to 15 mm of rain, but last night it only showed a millimetre of rain in the morning and a millimetre in the afternoon. So we agreed to get up at seven to potentially do a full day of riding. When we gotContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey – Day 2”
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey -Day 1
David, Dayle, Cindy, Wayne and I have set off on an adventure to Peterborough and the Kawarthas. We found a house on Vrbo, backing on the Otonobee River, to rent for six nights. We find it a low stress way to do a cycling trip and explore an area in detail without having to haulContinue reading “Peterborough and the Kawarthas Cycling Odyssey -Day 1”