The Galloping Goose
July 4th, 2017 , 2:47
The Galloping Goose is a 50km or so trail, from the Sooke potholes to Victoria (or vice versa). You can go about 5km further on to an old mining town, but nothing is left of the town and the car access ends at Sooke Potholes. So we were dropped off with two bikes and plenty of water at the potholes and left to make our way back to Victoria! We went with a company called Cycle Treks and they were very good and helpful!
We got ourselves sorted, had a look at the potholes (very nice, even though we didn’t go down to them – still too cold to swim!), then headed off onto the trail. The first 20km is really nice, very beautiful. Then it opens out a bit and goes into farm land. Then the last bit is houses and city outskirts. But a nice ride and easy enough! We saw more wildlife on the drive up though – deer were by the road. But we saw birds on the bike ride, though not sure what types! Photos will start to be up sometime soon. At one point in the ride, we were working out how to cross the road, got across and looked at each other and said ‘we’ve missed our chance to go through a Tim Hortons drive through on bikes!’ It was on the other side of the road and we weren’t turning around!
Once back in Victoria we returned the bikes and went and got dinner. Now crashed in the room!
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