Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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Hamilton 2025 – Day 4
Alina got up at the crack of dawn to ride to Bramalea GO to catch the bus that arrived at Hamilton Centre GO Station at 8:55. She then rode the short distance over to where we are staying. After a bathroom and snack break we left about 9:30. We are riding a loop that…
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Hamilton 2025 – Day 3
We decided to do a short ride on the Hamilton Brantford Rail Trail, leaving it to ride through a neighbourhood to pick up some level 17 tiles, or Squadrathinos as they are called on Squadrats.com, before descending into Dundas, for lunch, then returning through McMaster. We stopped early in the ride at the John…
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Hamilton 2025 – Day 2
I woke with a headache and backache this morning, so we changed our plans from, biking to Brantford, to a lazy morning, and a ride to Hamilton Beach in the afternoon. I’ve written about Statshunters.com before, which I use to create a personal heat map of all the places I have ridden my bike since…
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Hamilton 2025 – Day 1
Cindy, and her husband, Mark, and I have come to Mark’s daughter’s house to look after her cat, Joanie, in Hamilton for the week. Michael, and my oldest son, drove me my bike, and my stuff to Hamilton. My daughter Megan, and her fiancé John, walked over from their place in Hamilton, to join…
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Bill 212 – Multi-use paths versus On-Road Bike Lanes
Brampton roads have been significantly overbuilt leading to speeding, aggressive driving, high building and maintenance cost due to the width of the roadway, stormwater management issues, and injuries and deaths among drivers, as well as vulnerable road users. The key strategy of Brampton’s Active Transportation Master Plan, which was passed unanimously in 2019, was…
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Bill 212 Bike Rally and Request for Action
To my friends and family, and others who enjoy reading my blog to follow my travels by bike, I want to let you know how much I appreciate you taking the time to follow me, when there are so many things online demanding your attention. I began writing this blog to be more mindful…
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Prince Edward County – Day 5 – Trenton via The Millenium Trail
We had a great variety of temperatures for our trip this week. I brought one pair of bike shorts, one pair of long cycling tights, and one pair of fleecy winter cycling tights. I wore all three. Today I wore the winter ones. Since we are returning to Brampton today we decided to just…
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Prince Edward County – Day 4 – Millenium Trail to Wellington
The sun came out just before 9am this morning, and looked quite lovely under the mostly cloudy sky. Over the day we had a few moments when the sun emerged again, but it was mostly overcast. Oakley continues to be anxious, and has been chewing her leg. We found some tape and wrapped it…
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Prince Edward County – Day 3 – Codrington to Campbellford
Two years ago when we were in Peterborough, I planned a ride to Ranney Gorge, but we had more rides planned than we had days, and on the final day, when choosing where to ride, none of us felt like a gran fondo, a 100 km ride. When planning this trip I recalled Ranney Gorge,…
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Prince Edward County – Day 2 – Base 31, Picton, and Lake on the Mountain
We had a slow start this morning: the weather was a lovely 18° by the time we set out. We drove about 40 minutes east to Base31 where we parked and started our ride. Base31 operated as a military air training base until 1969. The site was acquired by PEC Community Partners in December…
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