Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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Great Niagara Circle Route – Day 5
This morning we were all downstairs and ready to ride just before our agreed upon time of 8:30. We seem to be getting the hang of this. We spent a lot of time at Niagara Falls. The town was strangely deserted as we arrived last night and continued to be even at the falls…
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Great Niagara Circle Route – Day 4
There was a forecast of rain for the first two hours today, but we didn’t get a drop and with a mix of sun and cloud and high in the low 20s it was a perfect day for cycling. There always seem to be some hiccoughs and today was no exception with missing the…
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G2G – Blyth to Guelph – Day 3
The Hotel Lux in Blyth was a treat. There were only three rooms and we booked them all. We were provided with codes for the front door, bike room, and bedrooms. The rooms were luxurious with Prosecco and cheese, chocolate covered pretzels, Werthers candies, and fresh local cream for our coffee. Having a bike…
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G2G – Blyth to Goderich to Blyth – Day 2
We started the day with breakfast at Tim’s. Some of us walked, some biked. Some ate there, some back at the hotel. We met, ready to ride at 8:30. Like yesterday, we had a few road detours, and there were a few short sections where the trail had not been recently groomed. The lack…
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G2G – Guelph to Blyth – Day 1
Today we started a six day bike trip made up of two distinct parts. The first three days will be spent on the Guelph to Goderich Rail Trail with seven of us, one of whom, Lina, is doing her first trip by bike. The next three days will be in the Niagara Region with…
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Circumnavigate Lake Simcoe – Day 3
The day started with breakfast on the patio at the hotel where we ate dinner last night. The portions were generous and I ended up taking some sausages and apple slices with me for snacking. It was our longest distance day of the three (95km), but, it was almost 9:30 by the time we…
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Circumnavigate Lake Simcoe – Day 2
Day Two started with an unsatisfactory bagged hotel breakfast consisting of a poorly reheated egg and bacon English muffin, a croissant, a juice box, and a banana. Why was it bagged you ask? It is apparently a covid precaution. However, we were still allowed to make our own tea or coffee, but only powdered…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Travelling Home
The weather turned cold and windy on the island today, our day for travelling home. We were so fortunate to have seven great days of cycling. There were two rainstorms, but we managed to miss them both, by consulting radar and heading out at the ideal time. My wrist continues to improve with the…
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Manitoulin Cycling Odyssey – Day 7
Rain was forecast all day today, with more in the afternoon than in the morning, for our final day on the island, so we decided to get an earlier start. We chose South Baymouth as our destination, an 86 km round trip ride from the cottage. Dayle and I decided to drive to Providence…
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