July, 2014

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The Walking Dead

La Malbaie to Tadoussac

Heading into this adventure there were various goals I had set. Some major goals. Some minor goals. I always considered Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec to be minor goals. Maybe it’s because I’d been to each of them before so they didn’t seem that out of reach. Clearly the biggest goalRead More …


I’m not saying I was wrong, but …

Baie-St-Paul to La Malbaie

I think today could be filed into one of two categories – 1. An overdeveloped sense of optimism; 2. A severe miscalculation. The plan for today was to cycle along Highway 362 from Baie-St-Paul to Saint Siméon. About 77 km. Certainly a manageable distance given what I’ve done so far.Read More …


Climb Every Mountain

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré to Baie-St-Paul

It is with great confidence that I can confirm that the flat roads that led the way from Toronto through Picton and then Kingston and Smith Falls and again from Smith Falls to Ottawa and on through to Montreal and Quebec are but a distant memory. I hereby declare theRead More …


Au revoir Quebec :(

Quebec City to Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré

As much as I’ve enjoyed my stay in Quebec, the time has come to officially move on. Technically my journey from Quebec to Tadoussac isn’t scheduled to start until tomorrow but having looked at the topography of the route on which I’m about to embark I thought I’d get aRead More …


Quebec! Who knew!?

It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say I’ve said the occasional stupid thing from time to time – no, no, really. It’s true. This is probably another one of those times. When I’m travelling I have a pretty big fear of being bored. As such I tend toRead More …


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