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When God Throws You Her Car Keys: Road Trip Round The Peloponnese

January 15, 2023January 26, 2023 Joan Thompson 4 Comments Greece, Greek gods and mythology, Greek history, Peloponnese

Sorting out Greek gods and mythology isn’t easy. Join me on this road trip round the Peloponnese where I come to terms with a story that merges a fabulously rich chorus of voices!

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Morocco: Desert and Medina Time
World Travels 

Morocco: Desert and Medina Time

June 27, 2021 Joan Thompson 8 Comments deserts, Fez, medinas, Morocco

There is nothing middling about Morocco; prepare to be dazzled, be it the hospitality, the silence of the Sahara, or the practised pandemonium of the medinas.

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From Santiago to the Source
World Travels 

From Santiago to the Source

June 4, 2021 Joan Thompson 0 Comments Jerusalem, Pilgrimages

Concluding one’s pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Jerusalem connects you to the source of Christian persuasion and the paths it has spawned.

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Pedalling Through a Pandemic
World Travels 

Pedalling Through the Pandemic to the Other Side

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Joan Thompson 2 Comments Canada, Cycling, Nova Scotia, Pandemic

The pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt for me except my daily date with my bicycle. The quintessence of self-isolation in well-ventilated spaces, pedalling through the pandemic also gave me best seat in the house to Canada’s ocean playground: Nova Scotia.

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Waxing Lyrical 

Cycling Back to School in My Sixties

June 12, 2020 Joan Thompson 10 Comments Covid19, Life-Long Learning, UBC, Vancouver

Cycling across Canada had been a boon for the body; I was hoping a dive back into the academic world would be manna for the mind.

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Coastal roads of Albania and Greece
World Travels 

Aloft and Agog: Cycling Coastal Roads of Albania and Greece

December 20, 2019December 18, 2019 Joan Thompson 0 Comments Cycling Albania, Cycling Greece, Peloponnese, Tilos, Tirana

A fondness for roads that swoop from cove to cove along sun-bleached coastlines, and a yen for the unknown and less travelled. That was the impulse behind my Tirana-Tilos bike trip.

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Cycling Canada for Cancer
Ride for Sheila Rae 

Ten Lessons Learned Cycling Canada for Cancer

August 11, 2019 Joan Thompson 4 Comments cycling across canada

Your perception of Canada will be dramatically changed if you experience it one pedal, and one conversation, at a time.

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Cycling Quebec and The Maritimes
Ride for Sheila Rae 

Quebec & The Maritimes: A Cross-Canada Cyclist’s Just Rewards

July 31, 2019 Joan Thompson 4 Comments Quebec, Ride for Ovarian Cancer, The Maritimes

Cycling coast to coast across Canada can be an endless re-run of ‘Forests, Lakes and Tim Horton’s’. Not Quebec and The Maritimes. Farmlands, villages and storybook roads are the order of the day here.

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Life Outside in Northern Ontario
Ride for Sheila Rae 

Loving Life Outside in Northern Ontario

July 9, 2019 Joan Thompson 6 Comments Canada Day in Ottawa, Cycling Ontario, Ride for Ovarian Cancer

Why does the repetitive scheme of ‘rocks, lakes and trees’ make for a tedious road trip through Northern Ontario, but fun ride for a cyclist? Read and find out!

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Cycling the Red Coat Trail
Ride for Sheila Rae 

Cycling The Red Coat Trail Across the Prairies

June 21, 2019 Joan Thompson 6 Comments Cycling Cross Canada, Red Coat Trail, The Canadian Prairies

The Red Coat Trail – a secondary route through the Prairies, from Lethbridge Alberta to Winnipeg Manitoba is a quiet ramble through farmland and history for the cyclist.

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J. Kathleen Thompson, Travel Enthusiast and Writer
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