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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.