Day 44 – Serpent River to Manitoulin Island. The campsite was shrouded in mist when I awoke, which was a shame since my washed cycling clothes on the line, which were virtually dry when I went to sleep, were now freshly soaked again. You’d have to wait ages for the sun to burn off the […]

Day 43 – Sault Ste. Marie to Serpent River. On and on we go, never really stopping and never going back. I see a lot as I go but never get to stay and explore much. And each new town is gone before I even know I’m there as I set off for the new […]

Day 42 – Rest Day, Sault Ste. Marie I don’t know, a guy makes a small but pretty bizarre typo and the whole blog lights up. Here are a couple of the comments on my “clam/calm” slip-up from yesterday: “I had a chuckle over the dead clam on the beach!”  (Penny Harrison) “Glad to see […]

Day 41 – A Farewell to Lake Superior: Agawa to Sault Ste. Marie. Last night I sat out on the beach at the Agawa Bay Campground for an hour or so as the sun went down, reading, thinking, and watching the fish jump. I could see the path cut through the rocks and forest by the […]

Day 40 – Wawa to Agawa Bay, Lake Superior Provincial Park.  I know that many of you will have seen this beautiful David St John poem, posted in comments by my mum, but it’s been on my mind today and I thought it might be nice to post it properly here on the blog to […]

Day 39 – Marathon to Wawa. A day that started with three of us riding together in chilly morning mists, ended with just me again, after a long and arduous day in the hot sun, riding in more chilly evening mists. Today’s Distance (miles/km): 121 / 195 Time in saddle: 9h 44 Max/min temp (°c): […]

Day 38 – Rossport to Marathon. Rarely does the name of the town so closely fit the day. Hope, BC springs to mind, from where I first started climbing some serious hills. Today was a marathon not so much for distance as for the constant rolling hills, with hardly a gap between descents and starting […]

Day 37 – Nipigon to Rainbow Falls, Rossport Provincial Park. A hot sunny day spent riding the stunning but very hilly road that follows the North Shore of Lake Superior, with Nadeer and Kaitlin. We’ve discovered a shared interest in stopping whenever coffee, cookies, cold chocolate milk (the best), and now beef jerky, are available.  […]

Day 36 – Thunder Bay to Nipigon. It felt great to be back on the bike today, particularly after getting some work done at the bike shop opposite, and the weather was great, sunny and very warm all day. The terrain was beautiful, just as Naheer had predicted, I felt well rested, and best of […]