monkeymartian

A little sign told me that Weldrick Road East will be closed at the CNR level crossing from July 20-24.  Weldrick is great to use to get between Bathurst/Yonge/Bayview/Spadina in order to avoid the super busy arterials. For a detour, I will be going a little north to take Crosby eastbound over to Spadina.  Please note [...]

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Here are some random thoughts on a lazy Canada Day morning.  I’ve been a “bike commuter” since 2004.  When I first rediscovered cycling after a long lay off, I was amazed at the volume of traffic in my stomping grounds in York Region.  I’ve written about it now and then, and used to focus on [...]

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I got a comment from Sandra that she had recently moved into Markham and needed some suggestions about how to get around the heinous crossing of 16th and Highway 404.  Here goes Highway crossings are always tricky, but here is one method that works pretty well for me.  It does requrie some sidewalk riding and a [...]

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I saw a Google Street View car on my ride in to work this morning @ 16th and Woodbine in Markham.  I would have liked to photograph the photographers, but I didn’t have my camera with me.  Besides, I was busy riding through the interesection.  When I saw the bemasted car, I made a face [...]

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A few weeks ago I noticed that the creek in the Beaver Creek greenway appeared to be damed up by, well, beavers.  There were a bunch of beaver chewed trees around as evidence, but they looked older.  Yesterday afternoon on my ride through the greenway I was rewarded with the sight of a family of [...]

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