Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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A Rainy Tour de Grand
Today Patti and I rode the 18th annual Cambridge Tour de Grand. I’ve been watching the weather for two weeks and taking a screen cap every couple days. The forecast for today on June 4th was close in terms of the amount of rain that ended up falling although it was calling for warmer…
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CeleBrampton
Today, I attended CeleBrampton for the first time. I volunteered at the BikeBrampton booth. BikeBrampton in an advocacy group that runs Bike the Creek, does cycling education and advocates for better cycling infrastructure in Brampton. I have never attended CeleBrampton before and didn’t know what to expect. Trystan and Owen came with me and…
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Bike the Creek Practice Ride
As a member of BikeBrampton, a cycling advocacy group, I helped to plan the Second Annual Bike the Creek ride. Last year I was a participant. This year my father is getting married on June 20, which coincides with the ride, so I won’t be able to participate. Patti is going to ride without…
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May 22-23 – Spin the Lakes – Part 2
The day dawned cool and sunny with a forecast high in the mid-teens – a perfect day for cycling. The 60km ride was scheduled to leave at 10:30. The advertised meeting time was 9:30, but since we were staying at the resort, we were told that we only need be at the assembly point…
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May 22-23 – Spin the Lakes – Part 1
Patti and I have been going away for a long weekend each spring for seven years. We take our bikes with us to do some riding, although cycling has not been the primary purpose of the weekend. From 2008-2010, we went to Ottawa for the Tulip Festival and were delighted with what a cycle…
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Still No School and More Trimming of the Ivy
Last week I wrote about enlisting the help of Megan and Alun with trimming the ivy on our chimney, since they are out of school due to a teachers’ strike. Today is Day 9, with no end in sight. Yesterday, the Peel District School Board (PDSB) asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to declare…
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Mother’s Day Ride
Trystan brought me breakfast in bed this morning, just before 7am, for Mother’s Day. He thoughtfully got it ready early so that I could head out on a 70km ride before it got too hot or too wet. As it turned out, it didn’t get up to the 30 degrees Celsius predicted a couple…
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No School and Trimming the Ivy
The Peel District School Board secondary school teachers went on strike on Monday May 4 which means that Megan and Alun are not in school. Mostly, they have just been doing as they please, however, I asked them to spend 30 minutes yesterday and today, and each day until we are done, cleaning up…
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Sunday May 3 – Success Climbing the Escarpment
It was the Brampton Quilters’ Guild quilt show this weekend. Trystan and I helped with set-up on Friday afternoon. I am the photographer for the Guild and I photograph every quilt in the show. I captured about a quarter of them on Friday. On Saturday afternoon, I returned, with Owen for my shift on …
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Sunday April 26 – Failing to Climb the Escarpment
Patti and I have signed up for Spin the Lakes on May 23 near Huntsville. It starts at Hidden Valley resort, and they have a deal with the resort for participants to stay at a reduced rate, so we will drive north on Friday, stay overnight, ride and head home after the ride. The…
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