Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.
| Lunch/Snack Stop: | This is a leaderless ride. Faster riders in each group will pause at designated regrouping spots to allow others in their group to catch up before continuing at their own pace. There are two pace groups: Moderate and Fast.
For safety reasons, riders will warm up until the Marigold Road light. At regrouping spots, riders should wait after crossing the intersection(s), not before the intersection(s). Regrouping spots: Interurban Camosun Main Entrance; West Saanich Road; Wallace Road; Butchart Gardens bus stop; East Saanich Road. The route is the same each week and follows the Ride with GPS route below (Interurban → West Saanich → Wallace → Saanichton (Fresh Cup Café), where the ride ends with coffee. While the GPS route includes a return via the trail, riders are free to choose their own route home. Please keep this email as it won’t be posted every week. It will be put in our calendar for viewing. | ||
+ Our Sunday rides are leisurely to intermediate-paced weekly rides led by Donna Kerkhoven, Brian Collier and other volunteers, using GPS rides from the CCCTS website. Normal distance is 40 to 50 km.
We meet at 9:30 for coffee and a yak and depart at 10:00.
Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.
Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 20!
On that day, 43 riders from the Lower Mainland, with 12 choosing the shorter route and 31 opting for medium or longer distances, will be arriving on the 8:00–9:35 am ferry from Vancouver.
They’re looking forward to joining our CCCTS group and enjoying a ride in the Victoria area. Rolf has reserved the Beaver Lake picnic area from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, where we will host them with a few treats. Riders will bring their own lunches, and we’ll be providing baked goodies along with bottled or carbonated water. Maureen, Sharlane, and I have lined up some enthusiastic bakers to help with the desserts.
Six local ride leaders will meet the ferry and guide the visiting riders from the terminal to Centennial Park, where we expect them to begin arriving (via Wallace Drive) around 11:00 am. That will give us time to say hello, use the facilities, and get organized for the final stretch to the picnic area.
As usual, our local riders often gather for 10:30 am coffee at the Marigold Café, which is less than 15 minutes from Centennial Park. This would be a perfect meeting spot before heading over to welcome our visitors. From the park, we’ll ride together into Beaver Lake using Wallace, Interurban, and Quayle Roads, a scenic and familiar route. The picnic spot is less than an hour’s ride from Centennial Park, leaving plenty of time to enjoy desserts and visit with the Lower Mainland group before heading home.
The GPS route will be sent out with the ride notice a few days beforehand.
Looking forward to a great day!
| Lunch/Snack Stop: | This is a leaderless ride. Faster riders in each group will pause at designated regrouping spots to allow others in their group to catch up before continuing at their own pace. There are two pace groups: Moderate and Fast.
For safety reasons, riders will warm up until the Marigold Road light. At regrouping spots, riders should wait after crossing the intersection(s), not before the intersection(s). Regrouping spots: Interurban Camosun Main Entrance; West Saanich Road; Wallace Road; Butchart Gardens bus stop; East Saanich Road. The route is the same each week and follows the Ride with GPS route below (Interurban → West Saanich → Wallace → Saanichton (Fresh Cup Café), where the ride ends with coffee. While the GPS route includes a return via the trail, riders are free to choose their own route home. Please keep this email as it won’t be posted every week. It will be put in our calendar for viewing. | ||
+ Our Sunday rides are leisurely to intermediate-paced weekly rides led by Donna Kerkhoven, Brian Collier and other volunteers, using GPS rides from the CCCTS website. Normal distance is 40 to 50 km.
We meet at 9:30 for coffee and a yak and depart at 10:00.
Casual gathering of cyclists at The Marigold Cafe 7900 Lochside Dr, Saanichton. Riders randomly drop in for a visit anytime after 10am and leave sometime around 11am. While chatting, some decide to go for a ride after, and others companionably ride together as they head home. Any formal rides leading from the cafe are posted two or three days in advance.
| Lunch/Snack Stop: | This is a leaderless ride. Faster riders in each group will pause at designated regrouping spots to allow others in their group to catch up before continuing at their own pace. There are two pace groups: Moderate and Fast.
For safety reasons, riders will warm up until the Marigold Road light. At regrouping spots, riders should wait after crossing the intersection(s), not before the intersection(s). Regrouping spots: Interurban Camosun Main Entrance; West Saanich Road; Wallace Road; Butchart Gardens bus stop; East Saanich Road. The route is the same each week and follows the Ride with GPS route below (Interurban → West Saanich → Wallace → Saanichton (Fresh Cup Café), where the ride ends with coffee. While the GPS route includes a return via the trail, riders are free to choose their own route home. Please keep this email as it won’t be posted every week. It will be put in our calendar for viewing. | ||
+ Our Sunday rides are leisurely to intermediate-paced weekly rides led by Donna Kerkhoven, Brian Collier and other volunteers, using GPS rides from the CCCTS website. Normal distance is 40 to 50 km.
We meet at 9:30 for coffee and a yak and depart at 10:00.