The Diviners’ Walking Group - 2001

Pictures from the Walks

Meeting time is Friday at 5:30 P.M. (We wait 10 minutes for late comers)

Public Holidays (usually Monday but not always) meet at 10:30 A.M.

For the day-long hikes, it is recommended that you bring WATER & a SNACK !

Contact: Mary Alford – Telephone 479-6445 or Church Office 383-7169

Note: Car Pooling will be available for some of the walks; *** = EASY – FLAT WALKS; (CW)=Children welcome at restaurant/pub

Date

 

Walk

Pub

April 6

 

Uplands Park- Willows Beach

Christie’s Carriage House

 

 

Meet at War Memorial near Cattle Point

1739 Fort Street.

 

 

 

 

April 16

 

Gowland Tod Provincial Park

6-Mile

Monday

 

Meet in parking lot – turn left at Caleb Pike Road off Millstream Road Bring Water and a Snack!

494 Island Highway

 

 

 

 

April 20

 

Selkirk Waterway – Victoria West

Great Wall Restaurant (CW)

 

 

Meet at Bamfield Park next to Craigflower Road

809 Craigflower Road

 

 

 

 

April 27

 

Quick’s Bottom – Joe’s Trail

Bird of Paradise, 4291 Glanford

 

 

Meet North of Vanalman on Glanford

 

 

 

 

May 4

 

Swan Lake – Christmas Hill

Gorge Point Pub

 

 

Meet at parking lot for Nature House

1075 Tillicum

 

 

 

 

May 11

 

Clover Point – Government House Gardens

Flying Beagle Pub

 

 

Meet at Clover Point Parking lot

301 Cook Street

 

 

 

 

May 18

 

Colquitz Creek – Panama Flats

Kelsey’s (CW)

 

 

Meet at Tillicum Shopping Centre
Interurban Road Entrance

Tillicum Mall Lower Parking Lot

 

 

 

 

May 21

 

East Sooke Park

Seventeen Mile Pub

Monday

 

Meet at Aylard Farm Parking Lot

5126 Sooke Road

 

 

 

 

May 25

 

Mystic Vale – University Gardens

The Snug, Oak Bay Beach Hotel

 

 

Meet in parking lot behind Commons off Sinclair

Beach Drive

 

 

 

June 1

 

Blenkinsop Lake – Shangri-La

Cordova Bay Express (CW),

 

 

Meet at Lochside Elementary School Parking Lot, 1145 Royal Oak Drive

5166 Cordova Bay Rd

 

 

 

 

June 8

 

Thetis Lake Park

Six Mile

 

 

Meet at Six Mile Pub parking lot

494 Island Highway

June 15

 

Horth Hill Regional Park

Blue Peter, 2270 Harbour, Sidney.

 

 

Meet in Parking Lot – Pat Bay Hwy., turn left at Wain Rd, Turn right onto Tatlow Road.

 

 

 

 

 

June 22

 

Royal Roads – Pacific Centre

Four Mile,

 

 

Meet at parking lot Aldeane Road at Sooke Road

199 Island Highway

 

 

(opposite Main gate of Royal Roads)

 

 

 

 

 

June 29

 

Witty’s Lagoon

My-Chosen Café(CW)

 

 

Meet in parking lot next to St. Mary’s Church

4492 Happy Valley Road

 

 

 

July 2

 

Portland Island Day Trip

Pot Luck (CW)

Monday

 

Bring Water and a Lunch!!

 

 

 

More Details to be Announced

 

 

 

 

 

July 6

 

John Dean Park – Mount Newton

Mary’s Bleue Moon Café (CW)

 

 

Meet in lower parking lot of Dunsmuir lodge

9535 Canora, Sidney.

 

 

1515 McTavish Road.

 

 

 

 

 

July 13

 

***Francis King Regional Park

Four Mile Pub, 199 Island Highway

 

 

Meet at parking lot off Munns Rd via Prospect Lake Road.

 

 

 

 

 

July 20

 

Elk Lake – Beaver Lake 10 K Walk

Blackie’s Café & Deli (CW)

 

 

Meet at Elk Lake boat ramp parking lot off

6105 Patricia Bay Highway

 

 

Brookleigh Road – North end of Elk Lake

 

 

 

 

 

July 27

 

Tod Inlet

Brewsky’s Pub

 

 

Meet on Wallace Drive ¼ mile South of

7100 Wallace Drive.

 

 

Benvenuto (leading to Butchart Gardens)

 

 

 

 

Aug. 3

 

Fleming Beach – Rock Heights Park

Gorge Point Pub

 

 

Meet at Fleming Beach Lot – Munro Road

1075 Tillicum Road

 

 

 

 

Aug. 6

 

Cowichan River Footpath

Malahat Mountain Inn(CW)

Monday

 

Meet at Fish & Game Club – Robertson Road

65 Trans-Canada Highway

 

 

Bring Water and a Snack!

 

 

 

 

 

Aug. 10

 

Mount Tolmie Park

Christie’s Carriage House,

 

 

Meet at Camosun College Landsdowne Campus

1739 Fort Street.

 

 

Student parking lot off Henderson Rd. Cost $1

 

 

 

 

 

Aug. 17

 

Lochside Trestle

Monkey Tree Pub

 

 

Meet behind Monkey Tree Pub

4025 Borden

 

 

 

 

Aug. 24

 

Cedar Hill Golf Course – Playfair Park

Golf Course Restaurant (CW)

 

 

Meet at Cedar Hill Golf Course parking lot

 

 

 

 

 

Aug. 31

 

Glencoe Cove – Bow Park

5th Street Bar And Grill,

 

 

Meet at Braefoot Park, off MacKenzie

1028 Hillside

 

 

 

Sept. 3

 

Galloping Goose Trail (11 k. walk)

17 Mile House, 5126, Sooke Road

Monday

 

Meet at Roche Cove parking lot

 

 

 

Bring Water and a Snack!

 

 

 

 

 

Sept. 7

 

Broadmead – Boulderwood Rise

Tin Whistle(CW)

 

 

Meet at Canadian Tire parking lot of Broadmead Shopping Centre

4136 Wilkinson Road

 

 

 

 

Sept. 14

 

***Gyro Park – Ten Mile Point

Cordova Bay Express(CW),

 

 

Meet at Gyro Park parking lot

 

 

 

5166 Cordova Bay Road

 

 

 

 

 

Sept. 21

 

Cordova Bay Ridge

The Snug, Oak Bay Beach Hotel,

 

 

Meet at McMinn Park, Lochside Drive

Beach Drive

 

 

 

 

Sept. 28

 

***Lochside Park – Lochside Trail

Cordova Bay Express(CW)

 

 

Meet at Lochside Park just North of

5166 Cordova Bay Road.

 

 

Cordova Bay Golf Course on Lochside Drive.

 

 

 

 

Oct. 5

 

***Farmer’s Market – Lochside Trail

Waddling Dog Inn

 

 

Meet at Island View Road Farmer’s Market

2476 Mt. Newton X Rd & Pat Bay Hwy.

 

 

 

 

Oct. 8

 

Dean Park Surveyors’Trail,

Brentwood Pub,

Monday

 

SOME STEEP SECTIONS

 7172 Brentwood

 

 

Meet Haldon Park, between 8233 and 8251 Thomson Place

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 12

 

Gonzales Hill Park

Flying Beagle, Cook Street Village

 

 

Meet at Gonzales Hill parking lot off Denison

 

       

Oct. 19

 

***Fisherman’s Wharf – Laurel Point – Museum - Beacon Hill Park – St. Ann’s

Swans,

 

 

Meet at Fisherman’s Wharf - James Bay

 Pandora and Wharf St

 

 

 

Nov. 12

 

Goldstream Park

Ma Millers

Monday

 

Meet at camping ground gate off Sooke Lake Rd

2903 Sooke Lake Road

 

 

Bring Water and a Snack!

 

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