Given the amount of rain in recent weeks, the ride today was on a paved surface. Starting at Mitchel's Farm, James, Tom and Norm L. headed north on the Lochside Trail, crossing the Pat Bay Highway at Beacon. Today, we went counter-clockwise around YYJ - the biggest decision was where to stop for coffee with the decision being to try The Spitfire. We gave it a positive review - service was good, we had a window table looking out over the airport.

The topics of conversation covered the spectrum - the crossing of the floor in Ottawa [ a poisoned chalice for the Liberals], the movies at the Victoria Film Festival, tipping etiquette, removing moss from cars!

There may be moss on the car but NOT on the bike!!

Meanwhile, 9 riders met at Foi Epi with some joining along the way. We did the 55 km or so round trip to My Chosen Cafe in approx. 2 hr: 30 min riding time. No incidents were recorded. The trails were remarkably good considering all the rain, there were only a few puddles and a little mud overall. Much better than last spring it seems. The sun came out and all was right with the world! Some talk over coffee and cinnamon buns about the summer tours coming up - Tour de Victoria in Aug. and some rides in the Okanagan in July. Someone may want to take the lead in organizing a Victoria Peleton team to participate. There was also mention of the benefits of Mexican vacations it would appear. Special mention to Ian with the latest fashion in panniers/ saddle bags to carry spare parts.

and for the details of the ride go here