The first day of a few days away in the Strathcona area I drove up to Mount Washington area to meet up with Will, Margeaux and Megan to walk to Lake Helen Mackenzie. A shortish and uneventful walk with some boardwalk to start with and lots of patches of snow, it took a couple of … Continue reading 20- Lake Helen Mackenzie/Battleship Lake Loop
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19- Wildside Trail, Flores Island
This was a wonderfully, eerily quiet adventure on the beautiful BC West coast. I got a water taxi to the First Nations village of Ahousat, about 25 minutes on the boat from Tofino on a Monday morning. I got my permit to be on First Nations territory and camp in the marine park and walked … Continue reading 19- Wildside Trail, Flores Island
18- Big Trees Trail
Squeezed this one in before working in the afternoon and was glad i did. A bumpy rugged boardwalk before a forest path skirting a few patches of mud led my friend Shay and I past some majestic beasts of trees. The biggest ones aren't pictured here as they were too big to fit in a … Continue reading 18- Big Trees Trail
17- Canso Bomber hike
This walk was so much fun and I haven't laughed so much in a long time. The Canso bomber site is in the middle of the forest near Radar hill and holds the wreckage of the plane that crashed in 1945 (everyone on board survived). The trail is not an official trail recognised by Parks … Continue reading 17- Canso Bomber hike
16- downtown Tofino to Pettinger Point
This was mostly a cycle rather than a walk but i will include it as i was proud of the distance and it was so beautiful. I bought a rubbish little bike from the Tofino trading post for $30 and proceded to spend far more than that on lights, a helmet and a lock for … Continue reading 16- downtown Tofino to Pettinger Point
15- Tofino Beaches trails
Oh wow, I did this walk the day after moving to Tofino on a whim as i was offered a job here and had heard how beautiful it was. I was not disappointed. In the morning I woke up early and walked down to Coastal Bliss yoga for a meditation session. Following this I found … Continue reading 15- Tofino Beaches trails
14- Salt Spring jaunt
This was such a fun day out with friends. Will, who i'd met on Couchsurfing, and Jeremy, who i'd met at my hostel were keen to check out Salt Spring island too, so on a rainy Victoria morning off we went. Jeremy and I got up really early to get the bus to Scwartz bay … Continue reading 14- Salt Spring jaunt
13- Mattheson Lake
Another lovely day out with the people from the meet up group. I walked about half an hour through town to meet Craig and Laura and get a lift to the lake. We had a good drive out and make it after a little wrong turn and met up with the others. As the last … Continue reading 13- Mattheson Lake
12-East Sooke Regional Park
I was so glad i got to do this one! It was very high on my list but being harder to get to without a vehicle i was unsure whether i would make it. Luckily my friend Maud, from the hostel, was keen to go so we went together. A lovely drive down and found … Continue reading 12-East Sooke Regional Park
11- Thetis Lake
Another glorious sunny day in Victoria and i met up with Will again to check out this lake. We met at my hostel and got a bus out of town towards Sooke and worked out where to get off. We walked up a busy road to get to the lakeside park entrance and were met … Continue reading 11- Thetis Lake