Friday, 21 February 2020

Two Books to Consider Reading

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It's raining outside in Timperley. It may be raining where you are, dear reader. Relief is at hand by way of a couple of books that I...
Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Philadelphia Airport

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It's a massive place, serving a city that's twice the size of Greater Manchester. We arrived on a lovely day (skiing in Gatineau Par...
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Sunday, 16 February 2020

Sunday 16 February 2020 - Western Cabin and some Black Diamonds

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While Ken went on another Personal Best adventure on the 50 km Freestyle Loppet (race), Sue and I enjoyed a ski with Helen, outside the ...
Saturday, 15 February 2020

Saturday 15 February 2020 - Kanata parkrun number 120, and a romp around Mooney's Bay

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On arrival at Kanata on another 'three layer morning', I spotted Steve Gamble, so I knew I wouldn't be first finisher. Any press...
Friday, 14 February 2020

Friday 14 February 2020 - Shopping

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Today is sunny, but minus 32°C with wind chill, so not a day to be out on skis. Anyway, we've had some good skis over the past few days,...

Thursday 13 February 2020 - P7 to the Visitor Centre, via Western Cabin

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After a late night due to our visit to the opening night of 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' at Ottawa Little Theatre (a very ente...
Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Wednesday 12 February 2020 - P17 to Lusk Cabin

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Another brilliant day on the skis with Susan and Roy. Sue and I met them at P17 at 10 am, leaving Ken and Helen to go skating on the Rideau ...
Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Tuesday 11 February 2020 - P7 (Kingsmere) to Champlain Lookout and back

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Whilst Sue, Ken, Roy and Susan opted for the torture of a two hour skiing lesson with Francoise, I chose to join Helen on a short outing fro...
Monday, 10 February 2020

Monday 10 February 2020 - P12 to the Fire Tower

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Perfect conditions greeted us after a tedious Monday morning rush hour drive following 15 cm of overnight snow.  All six of us (me, Sue, Ken...

Sunday 9 February 2020 - A P3 and Pink Lake Circuit

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At below minus 20°C outside, we delayed our start today until after an early lunch, by which time it had started to cloud over and warm up. ...
Sunday, 9 February 2020

Saturday 8 February 2020 - Dragon Boats and Hog's Back Falls

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Unable to stay indoors on such a sunny day, Sue and I went down to Dow Lake to watch some of the Ice Dragon Boat Championships.  The Dragon ...
Saturday, 8 February 2020

Saturday 8 February 2020 - Kanata parkrun number 119

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Paul Barber, famous for his 'slowest ever' first finisher statistic at Wythenshawe parkrun, will be impressed with this. How about a...
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Friday, 7 February 2020

Friday 7 February 2020 - Snowshoeing to Healey Cabin

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After an overnight dump of snow, and with no fresh grooming of the ski trails, we decided to drive to a new venue - P15 (Cross Loop Road) on...

Thursday 6 February 2020 - Mooney's Bay

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Snow flurries today left us choosing to enjoy our beach holiday mainly at home, where I'm pictured in the Waxing Room. But we also ventu...
Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Wednesday 5 February 2020 - Fat Bikers at Larose Forest

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Just for a change, Sue and I hired some bikes and joined Ken, David, Chris and Peter for a jaunt on two wheels around the 'single track...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Tuesday 4 February 2020 - The Burma Road

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Today's ski with Helen and Sue (Ken went hard core with another group) started up Fortune Parkway from P10. After a couple of kilometres...
Monday, 3 February 2020

Monday 3 February 2020 - Herridge Cabin from P11 (O'Brien)

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The sun shone briefly on another warm day. Slippery skis made for slow progress despite the purple wax and the cinnamon buns. Switched to Ki...
Sunday, 2 February 2020

Sunday 2 February 2020 - P19 and the Taylor Lake Loop

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Snow flurries and warm conditions (minus 6°C) for another nice ski, with Ken joining us today after recovering from yesterday's exertion...

Saturday 1 February 2020 - Pink Lake from P6

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With Ken tired out from the excesses of a winter triathlon (skate 6.2 km, run 5.2 km, ski 5.1 km - it took him 1 hour 14 mins), Sue, Helen a...
Saturday, 1 February 2020

Kanata parkrun number 118

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We arrived here in Ottawa late last night, but we did manage to drag ourselves out for a 9 am burst of exercise. Whilst Helen volunteered, S...