Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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Thanksgiving
I had a lovely ride for coffee up to Caledon East to my usual stop at Gabe’s Country Bake Shop. As I pedal north, I anticipate the coffee and think about what I will choose to eat with it. The sky was blue, and while the leaves were changing, there is still a lot…
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Summer is Over
There was frost on the roof this morning when I got up. I dressed in my warm running tights to go meet Patti for our Saturday morning run. Patti tells me she had to scrape frost off her windows before driving. It was sunny and still so it didn’t feel as cold as it…
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My Green is Showing
Owen caught a cold and missed school last Friday. I tried my best not to catch it, but Monday morning I woke up feeling terrible. I didn’t have any colds in the fall 2013/winter 2014 cold season so perhaps I am a little more susceptible this year. That seems to be how it goes…
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Sunday Ride
It was a cool windy day today, but I am determined to get in a few more long rides on my road bike before putting it away for the winter. Since the winds were from the southwest today, I decided to ride to Mississauga to my dad’s place for a visit. It took me…
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Misty Autumn Day
Today Gail picked me up and we went for a drive in Caledon and Halton Hills. When I checked the weather on Monday evening, Tuesday was forecast to be rainy and today was forecast to be clear and sunny, a perfect day for a drive and photo shoot. Unfortunately, the day dawned overcast and…
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Awesome Autumn
It was an awesome autumn day for a ride in the country. I headed up Torbram Road only to encounter a road closure that sent me across Countryside Road to Airport Road and then back across Mayfield Road to Torbram. Riding on Mayfield is not for the faint of heart. One SUV passed me…
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Book of Mormon
What a perfect autumn day it was today. I started out with a quick bike ride in the cool of a perfectly still, sunny morning. The trees were changing colour at the Mayfield Golf Club. Upon my return home, I had a quick shower, then Lara and Joe picked up Michael and me and…
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Busy Saturday
Patti and I met this morning to exercise for the first time in about a month. She was away on vacation the past two Saturdays and the one before that had an appointment. Prior to that we rode our bikes on the trail, as my knee was too swollen from falling off my bike…
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Tour De Mississauga (#tourdemississauga)
What an awesome day I had today. I have had the goal of riding the 100 kilometre route in the Tour de Mississauga today, since I rode the 60 kilometre route a year ago. On July 1, I cycled 50 kilometres on my hybrid bike and was on track with my training programme. However,…
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