Sept 16th rides

[Popoki_Nui]

Sunny today after a few miserable days; did a short 26km ride with the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition around Shawnigan Lake and up the Trans-Canada Trail to the Kinsol Trestle. The TCT is a rail-to-trail multiuse trail, and the Kinsol is an amazing old rail trestle built around 1921 to service the King Solomon copper mines nearby. www.kinsoltrestle.ca
It's one of the tallest and longest wooden trestles left in the world, and our present provincial government wants to tear it down. Despite appearances, engineers say it can be rebuilt to carry cycle, equestrian, and pedestrian traffic with more than adequate safety, so today's ride was to show the colours and sign a petition to save the regal old trestle.
I have very fond memories of the Kinsol. The church camp I went to for several summers when I was little is just a few km from the trestle; we hiked there often. Wish us luck that we can save it, for future generations to enjoy.
~Sherry.