We knew rain was forecast to begin in the morning with the bulk of it early then tapering to an amount that isn’t terrible to ride in – at least that what’s the forecast said. It turned out that we should have been riding from 7am to 10 because when we arrived in Prévost asContinue reading “Lac Morency – Day 2 -Rain”
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Lac Morency – Day 1 – Prévost to Saint-Agathe
The day started cool, but beautifully sunny, with light streaming into our accommodation. We made and ate breakfast, and then drove the narrow hilly road 8km to the P’Tit Train du Nord in Prévost. Here we are ready to leave Auberge du lac Morency, bikes loaded. There is plentiful free parking at many places alongContinue reading “Lac Morency – Day 1 – Prévost to Saint-Agathe”
Lac Morency – Travel Day
Cindy has a time share that she needed to use, and given the pandemic she did not want to travel to the US, so she looked for a cycling friendly place in Canada, and invited me to join her at the Auberge du Lac Morency north of Montreal in the Laurentians. It is only 8kmContinue reading “Lac Morency – Travel Day”
Welland Wine Country Loop – Day 6
We planned a route, starting in Welland, around wine country to the northwest of Welland. I started with a route that the Brampton Cycling Club created. They have an account on RidewithGPS with all their routes. I planned a route from Welland to the nearest point on the Helen Bick Memorial Niagara ride and thenContinue reading “Welland Wine Country Loop – Day 6”
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 thisContinue reading “Great Niagara Circle Route – Day 5”
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 departureContinue reading “Great Niagara Circle Route – Day 4”
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 roomContinue reading “G2G – Blyth to Guelph – Day 3”
G2G – Blyth to Goderich to Blyth – Day 2
We started the day with breakfast at Tim’s. Some of us walked, some biked. Some at 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 ofContinue reading “G2G – Blyth to Goderich to Blyth – Day 2”
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 sixContinue reading “G2G – Guelph to Blyth – Day 1”
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 wereContinue reading “Circumnavigate Lake Simcoe – Day 3”