Day 30 - Victoria Airport to Victoria HI

Got up real early, suffering jet lag and pokes in the ribs from she who makes the rules to have me brew some tea. That task accomplished the rest of the morning’s activities went by smoothly and with the ingestion of a copious number of calories. We fetched the bike from the beer and wine store and thanked the nice lady who had helped us last night, loaded him* up and got on our way. The legs were heavy, and the 6 km to Butchart Gardens were not easy.


We anted up the $28 per head with some trepidation, but once in, the flowers and the setting are quite breathtaking. We meandered round the Garden in the sunshine for nearly 3 hours, and then aimed to take the Lochside Path into Victoria. With a comedy of errors we finally made it onto said path and into Town where Marge found the Hostel post haste.


We have become accustomed to the folks in hostels helping us get our stuff organized, and this hostel is no exception. Tea was brewed, shopping done for two days food and we sat down to chat. We found a girl in the hostel from St Bruno, on her way to Seattle, and a couple touring the island from Gatineau. We meant to do a lot round town seeing sights etc, but were to tired; the Gardens and the ride in made us somewhat slothful. I spent the early evening blogging and emailing, and drinking tea, while Marge organized the washing.

*Footnote: Our tandems with one exception have all been named after generals this one is called Romeo after the Canadian General Romeo Dallaire.

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17kph average

Distance: 65km
Total Distance: 2132km
Alt change: 12m
Total Alt change: 11458m