Great Rides Around Victoria

By Joe Wiebe Here in Victoria we are blessed with an amazing bicycling infrastructure. There is an incredible network of well-maintained cycling trails, including the interconnected Galloping Goose and Lochside Trails, which stretch all the way from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal at the top of the Saanich Peninsula out to Sooke, a total of…

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A Weekend Cycling in Sooke

A Weekend Cycling in Sooke By Joe Wiebe The first time I rode my bicycle all the way to Sooke was back in the early 1990s when I was in my 20s. A couple of friends suggested we ride out there and back in a day. I was just a casual cyclist then, but youthful…

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Biking to Two Breweries in Delta

Back in November 2019, I stopped at Four Winds Brewing in Delta on my way to give a guest lecture at KPU’s Brewing School. While I was chatting with Brent Mills, Four Winds’ brewmaster, in the tasting room, I asked him what he knew about Barnside Brewing, which I’d heard was going to open nearby.…

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