----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OBC Mailing List Information Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "OBC Tom Stratton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: Tuesday Night Tour 17/04/01 > First tour 6 cyclist > Second tour 7 cyclist > Third tour 8 cyclist braved a rather windy night which cooled quickly > to complete a tour to Old Chelsea. > > We did Bank St - Riverdale Ave - Echo Dr - Colonel By Dr - Sussex Dr - > Alexandra Bridge - Rue Laurier - bike path from Parc Jacques-Cartier, > passing under the Lady Aberdeen Bridge and crossing Boulevard De La Cite > Des Jeunes to arrive at Chemin De La Mine from which we continued on road to > Old Chelsea. We missed the bakery at Old Chelsea by 6 minutes as it closed > at seven PM. We lost two riders at Boulevard De La Cite Des Jeunes. They > chose to return to Ottawa as one needed to get home early and has rode with > me often and the other I think the river crossing on bike and the portage up > a snowy hill may have got the better of him. > > Really the bicycle path was quite dry except at the tunnel under Boulevard > Saint-Joseph were we had a small fast running stream which only required us > to slow down a little. However the second up-hill latter which is well > protected from the sun at the bottom of a large decent was covered by a hard > crystal type snow which required us to do a little cyclecross and run > up-hill in the snow for a couple hundred feet. It was rather a fun change > and quite dry going as the snow was rather solid and no water in sight. > > The return trip by road was fast with a tail wind and uneventful. Cheers, > "Sir James" > > ------ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.aVHtMM Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
