CCCTS 2023 Portugal Algarve and Alentejo Bike Tour April 17- May 3 2024 Our group of 16 riders, plus our leaders met in Evora Portugal to begin a 16-day bike ride through Alentejo and the Algarve regions of Portugal. Some arrived early, some came from other bike tours or sightseeing adventures. After picking up our … Continue reading CCCTS 2023 Portugal Algarve and Alentejo Bike Tour →

Weary from a long winter in Canada and the USA, fifteen riders took off for the warmer climes of Mallorca, Spain in March 2023.  They were rewarded with two weeks of perfect cycling conditions – cool mornings for the inevitable first climb of the day which seemed to always give way to warm sunny afternoons … Continue reading 2023 Mallorca →

Leave the rain gear home, she said. Don’t bother bringing warm clothes she said.  It will be the right time of year for the wild flowers display, she said. Don’t listen to the weatherman! The recent Tucson tour was successful in spite of the disappointing weather! Arriving in Tucson a few days ahead of the … Continue reading 2023 Arizona Tour →

2022 Sunshine Coast, B.C. – Group 1 (September 15-23) This was a beautiful 9-day, supported, hotel-based ride up the Sunshine Coast, from Gibson’s to Powell River and then back down the east coast of Vancouver Island from Campbell River to Ladysmith & Nanaimo. We were lucky that the smoke from distant fires subsided, so most … Continue reading 2022 Sunshine Coast, B.C. – Group 1 (September 15-23) →

CCCTS 2022 – Sep 17 – 25, 2022 Please click on the link above to see a beautiful photo album of this tour.   Sunshine Coast 2, 2022. by Rachel Champagne. Sept 17 Day 1 Langdale to Gibson’s Landing 11.2 k We set foot on the Sunshine Coast in Langdale with bicycles and luggage in tow. Would … Continue reading Sunshine Coast 2, 2022 draft →

The sizzling southern Rockies! 25 July – 5 August 2022. by Stefa Katamay Determined. That’s the only word to describe the attitude of the twelve cyclists who tackled ten days of riding the southern Rockies in withering temperatures. Undeterred by daily Environment Canada warnings to limit outside activities, the gang circled from Fort Steele, BC … Continue reading 2022 Southern Rockies Trip Report →

Laurentian Pannier Trip 2022 Bonjour tout le monde!  (Hi Everybody!) One of the many train stations found along the P’tit Train du Nord (The Little Train of the North). What an amazing trip Geoffrey Kennedy and Marg Hurley, organized for 18 avid cyclists who wanted to discover the wonders of this beautiful Québécois region: The … Continue reading Laurentian Pannier Trip July 2022 →

Niagara/Erie Pannier Trip Report 2022  by Lee Gartley. Total distance 564km. Climbed 2876meters of elevation June 12 Brantford This tour got started right away. As soon as our group of 14 cyclists checked in to the comfortable Best Western in Brantford, a short pre-ride tour gave an opportunity to see a bit of Brantford and … Continue reading Niagara Erie Pannier Trip One →

The 2022 Niagara Pannier Trip – Second Group Ottawa area and Vancouver Island CCCTS riders gathered in Brantford Ontario for a 7 day pannier trip around the Niagara peninsula. There were two groups participating in the ride. One group departed on Saturday June 10 in a clockwise direction around the Niagara Peninsula (the ClockWiseCrew). The other … Continue reading Niagra Pannier Tour-Second Group, 10th to 17th 0f June 2022 →

Eric O’Higgins writes, “Wonderful eastern Washington is home to great cycling amid vast wheat plantations and well paved back roads with sparse traffic.” Read the Trip Report here.

2021 – South Alberta Tour Leader: Doris Maron, Co-leader: Deanna Simmons Participants: Fraser Crinklaw & Trudy Merritt, David & Annmarie Liggat, Mikkel Bonnor & Cornelia Yule, Glen & Carol Evans, Dawn Minett, Barb Oliver, Deborah Bray, Deborah Meredith, Stuart Reynolds, Denise Howes, Nicole Christensen and Lorna Riddell Contributions for this report made by all the … Continue reading 2021 – South Alberta Tour (1) →

  Participants: Bernie and Alexandra Phillion, Dan Carey, Robin Howe, Sharon Folkes, Paul Quinn, Margaret Phelan, Brian Livsey, Leslie Rodgers, Ed and Deb Kinnear, Garry Esau, Dianne White, June Gallagher, Rick and Barb Mathias Bernie and Alexandra Phillion stepped up to lead a second group of 16 cyclists, as the first one led by Doris … Continue reading Southern Albert Tour 2021 by Barbara Mathias →

  Twelve CCCTS riders enjoyed a magnificent 13 day tour of the peninsulas of southwest Ireland in September, 2019. To view the photo album and accompanying “Enchanted Tour” summary, click on the following link.   Southwest Ireland tour Report and Photos      

  By Carol Crane Special Note* As many of you already know, on the fifth morning of our tour we were awoken to the news that one of our fellow cyclists, Max McClanahan, had passed away in his tent in the early hours of the morning. We were all shaken and stunned by this devastating … Continue reading 2019 Gaspé Tour →