Day 48 Langley Township Trail

 On day 48 of the walk (Oct. 13, 2017) I added another 7.8 km, bringing the total distance over the 48 days of the walk to 352.1 km.  On the virtual tour walk, I have just finished the Langley Township Trail past Fort Langley, BC.

Day 47 Fort Langley

On day 47 of the walk (Oct. 12, 2017) I added another 8.3 km through walks in Victoria, BC, bringing the total distance over the 47 days of the walk to 324.7 km.  On the virtual tour walk, I moved from the Pitt River Greenway onto the Langley Township Trail, in the area of Fort Langley, BC. The part of the trail I am just starting in the days ahead is shown on this Great Trail map.

Day 46 Pitt River Greenway

I am almost caught up with recording here the details on the actual day I do the walk!  I have made a pre New Year's resolution to not get behind again! On day 46 of the walk (Oct. 11, 2017) I added another 7.8 km, bringing the total distance over the 46 days of the walk to 316.4 km.  On the virtual tour walk, I am on the Pitt River Greenway, which takes me along dykes along the Fraser and Pitt Rivers.  Fall comes rapidly here in British Columbia, and my walks in Victoria are much cooler than they were just a few weeks ago.  So far I have kept this activity just to myself, my immediate family members, and my doctor, but I think I will do a general announcement on my social media before too long.  I wanted to be sure that I was keeping up with it before doing that.

Day 45 Pitt River

On day 45 of the walk (Oct. 10, 2017) I passed the first 300 km by adding 9.2 km, bringing the total distance over the 45 days of the walk to 308.6 km,  On the virtual tour walk, I am just past Pitt River, BC.

Day 44 Hockaday Nestor, BC

On day 44 of the walk (Oct. 9, 2017 which among other things is the anniversary of the Peekskill meteorite fall!) I added 5.8 km, bringing the total distance over the 44 days of the walk to 299.4 km (so close to the first 300 km!)  On the virtual tour walk, I am east of Port Moody, BC.  This is taking me past some interesting placenames including City Centre (even though we are far from Vancouver city centre!) and Hockaday Nestor (in the modern world a place name with the o changed to a might be more common!).

Day 43 Eagle Ridge

On day 43 of the walk (Oct. 8, 2017) I added 9.2 km, bringing the total distance over the 43 days of the walk to 293.6 km.  On the virtual tour walk, this brings me east of Port Moody, BC in the Eagle Ridge area (see map from yesterday's post).  My real walk continues to be the usual loops around James Bay, Victoria, BC.

Day 42 Port Moody

On day 42 of the walk (Oct. 7, 2017) I added 7.8 km, bringing the total distance over the 42 days of the walk to 284.4 km.  On the virtual tour walk, this brings me into Port Moody, BC.  My real walk continues to be the usual loops around James Bay, Victoria, BC, including the Dallas Road walk, Beacon Hill Park, and a bit of the Inner Harbour walk.

Day 41 Vancouver

On day 41 of the walk (Oct. 6, 2017) I added 11.0 km (a bit tired after yesterday's longer than usual walk!), bringing the total distance over the 41 days of the walk to 276.6 km.  On the virtual tour walk, this took me further along the east side of Vancouver, BC. You can follow along on, with my route on The Great Trail marked in green.

Day 40 False Creek

On day 40 of the walk (Oct. 5, 2017) I added 6.9 km (a bit tired after yesterday's longer than usual walk!), bringing the total distance over the 40 days of the walk to 265.6 km.  On the virtual tour walk, this took me along some of the best known scenes from Vancouver, BC along the False Creek area past Granville Market and along to the region with BC Place and Science World. If you have visited Vancouver, you have probably visited this area.  It includes beautiful harbour views, city scapes, in a varied and vibrant community.

Day 39 Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC

On day 39 of the walk (Oct. 4, 2017) I added 11.1 km, bringing the total distance over the 39 days of the walk to 258.7 km.  On the virtual tour walk, this took me to the end of the beautiful loop walk around Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC. In terms of the real walk, instead of my usual loops around the James Bay region of Victoria, BC, I walked through downtown and across the Johnson St. bridge to Victoria West.  There I picked up the trail along the harbour, taking it all the way to the houseboat community at the end of the trail in Esquimalt.  I had read that the views were spectacular from this side, better than the more popular inner harbour walk in James Bay.  I had been sceptical, but after doing the walk I agree.  Incredible walk especially in the last part!  I will later add some photos to this posting. So on Oct. 4 both my real walk and my virtual walk were on incredibly beautiful harbour trails, one in Victoria region and the other in Vancouver region!

Day 38 Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC

On day 38 of the walk (Oct. 3, 2017) I added 7.8 km, bringing the total distance over the 38 days of the walk to 247.6 km.  On the virtual tour walk, today's distance takes me into the early part of the beautiful loop walk around Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC.

Day 37 North Vancuver

On day 37 of the walk (Oct. 2, 2017) I added 7.7 km, bringing the total distance over the 37 days of the walk to 239.8 km.  On the virtual tour walk, today's distance takes me from near Canyon Heights into North Vancouver.  Will be crossing into Stanley Park tomorrow! #SeeYouIn22

The route I am taking on The Great Trail is marked on the map below.