We’re doing the Oka/Hudson/Saint Anne de Belleview ride again, which is around 85km. However, to make the ride longer we get off the train three stops early at Iles Bigras.
Iles Bigras is not a major station
We cycle to Deux Montagnes and find we have only done 7km, we are going to need to find a few more km if I’m going to hit the 100 today!
We see a flock of geese in the sky, and I’m a bit worried that it’s not geese arriving, but geese that have given up on Montreal’s summer and are heading back south again!
However, it’s a perfect day for cycling, the sun comes out, it’s warm, but not too hot, and there’s just enough breeze to keep the bugs at bay!
Waiting for the ferry at Oka, Stuart tells me to stop taking photos of him. He’s wrong, they’re really photos of me!
By the time we get to St Anne de Belleview (as indicated by Stuart) we have done just over 50km
We’ve earned our lovely organic homemade lunch!
As we head back to Montreal we look for ways to increase the distance of our ride. We do a gratuitous circuit round the sculpture park at Lachine (an extra 3km) and then instead of heading straight back down Lachine canal, we loop around via LaSalle (this turns out to be an extra 7km). We’ve overcooked it. We hit the 100km at Farine Five Roses.
When we finally get home we’ve done 104km and I’m delighted (and tired and sore!). Now I am reasonably confident that day 1 of the ride is very doable. I’m not thinking about day 2.
Gavin you missed a lovely day out!
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