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E-assisted Bike Friday: Cycling on the Dark Side or Nirvana?

E-assisted Bike Friday: Cycling on the Dark Side or Nirvana?

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:August 2, 2023
  • Post category:Travel
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Touring on an E-assisted Bike Friday “Gone to the dark side, have you?” my friend Peter asked. It was Peter who talked me into buying a used Bike Friday New…

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A Boneshaking Ride on a Velocipede: The Beginning of Cycle Touring

A Boneshaking Ride on a Velocipede: The Beginning of Cycle Touring

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:January 10, 2022
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A Canterbury Pilgrimage/An Italian Pilgrimage, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell & Joseph Pennell, The University of Alberta Press, 2015 (with a wonderful and detailed Introduction by Dave Buchanan), 149 pages  …

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On Pilgrimage

On Pilgrimage

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:December 6, 2021
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A finalist for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction, On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage is a contemplative read that, I predict, will make you itch…

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Hiking in Southern Patagonia – Facts & Info 

Hiking in Southern Patagonia – Facts & Info 

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:April 6, 2020
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Hiking in Southern Patagonia – Facts & Info    by Linda Pim * Given these crazy COVID times, you won't be travelling to Patagonia this April. But if you read Linda Pim's first…

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Hiking Patagonia

Hiking Patagonia

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:March 7, 2020
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by Linda PimPatagonia is the large region of southern Argentina and Chile extending from the Rio Colorado to the Strait of Magellan and from the Andes to the Atlantic coast.  The…

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Views, Ruins and Good Friends (aka Mexico)

Views, Ruins and Good Friends (aka Mexico)

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:March 27, 2019
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I entitled this post "Views, Ruins and Good Friends" since that is what you get on this three-hour hike. It's one of my favourites in and around Patzcuaro, Mexico where…

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Walking Among the Portuguese Man O’Wars

Walking Among the Portuguese Man O’Wars

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:March 12, 2019
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There are many types of hikes: mountainous ones, flat ones, those that follow a rail trail, bushwhacking, village tours and ravine walks, for example. I now add to that beach…

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Hiking in Mexico: Inside and Outside Patzcuaro on Foot

Hiking in Mexico: Inside and Outside Patzcuaro on Foot

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:February 21, 2017
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It was Saturday. The sky was clear and blue. The air cool. The sun warm and getting warmer. It was time to go hiking in Mexico. Setting out from our…

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Hiking in Central America: Guatemalan Style
Most of Guatemala's indigenous women and many men wear their traditional, hand-woven clothing.

Hiking in Central America: Guatemalan Style

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:January 16, 2017
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Overview When asked to name my favourite hike, my standard response is: “The one I’m currently hiking.” Hardly original, but safe—and usually true. That being said, the hikes I find…

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Alone in the Wilderness

Alone in the Wilderness

  • Post author:Nicola Ross
  • Post published:August 22, 2016
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I slept alone in a tent on my own little island in the middle of the French River on Thursday night. The thought of there being nothing more than a…

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