The Diviners’ Walking Group - 2008
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. (except for Newcastle Island trip). The day-long hikes are designed for people with some walking experience. For these, bring WATER, a LUNCH and WEAR APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR!
Notes:
- Car Pooling will be available for some of the walks
- *** = EASY – FLAT WALKS
- (CW)=Children welcome at restaurant/pub
- All walks will take place RAIN OR SHINE.
- Pub venue might change depending on numbers walking and availability of pub. If you want to come JUST for the pub, call us before the walk so that we can let you know if there is a change.
Contact: Susan Powell/Larry Scyner 361-4652 or Church office 383-7169
MONDAY March 24
(Easter Monday)
Meet at Parking Lot opposite Ma Miller’s Pub, Sooke Lake Road
Pub: Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream, 474-1989
April 11
*** Colquitz Creek
Meet at Tillicum Shopping Centre
Interurban Road Entrance.
Pub: Kelsey’s (CW) 978-5550
Tillicum Mall Lower Parking Lot
OR Sabri , 3480 Tillicum, 388-4655
April 18
Royal Roads – Pacific Centre
Meet at parking lot Aldeane Road at Sooke Road
(opposite Main gate of Royal Roads)
Pub: : Country Rose, 592 Ledsham, 478-4200
April 25
Meet at Mill Hill Parking Lot, Atkins Road.
Pub: 4 Mile, 199 Old Old Island Hwy 479-3346
May 2
*** Saxe Point - Fleming Beach
Meet at Fleming Beach Lot – Munro Road
Pub: Fin and Gill 453 Head Street, 381-1400
May 9
Meet at Cedar Hill Golf Course Parking Lot (off Derby)
Pub: Golf Course restaurant(CW), 1400 Derby 595-2912 OR Purple Garden,(CW) 1138-1551 Cedar Hill X Rd. 477-8866
May 16
Mystic Vale – University Gardens
Meet in parking lot behind Commons Bldg at UVic (off Sinclair)
Pub: To be arranged
MONDAY May 19 (Victoria Day)
Meet at Aylard Farm Parking Lot
Pub: Seventeen Mile Pub, 5126 Sooke Road.
642-5942
May 23
Quick’s Bottom – Joe’s Trail
Meet North of Vanalman on Glanford
Pub: Knockanback, Wilkinson Rd. 727-0200
May 30
Meet at the Beach Parking Lot
Pub: Maude Hunters 3810 Shelbourne 721-2337
June 6
Swan Lake – Christmas Hill
Meet at parking lot for Nature House
Pub: Gorge Pointe Pub, 1075 Tillicum. 386-5500
June 13
Witty’s Lagoon –West side
Meet in parking lot next to St. Mary’s Church
Pub: to be arranged
June 20
John Dean Park – Mount Newton
Meet in lower parking lot of Dunsmuir lodge
Pub: Mary’s Bleue Moon Café (CW)
9535 Canora, Sidney. 655-4450
June 27
Tattersall/Maplewood area
Meet: Leslie Park (details to be announced)
Pub: 5th Street Bar and Grill
MONDAY July 7 or May 31 (Canada Day)
Details to be Announced
Pub: Rock Cod Café, Cowichan Bay?
July 4
*** Elk Lake – Beaver Lake
Met at Beaver Lake- second car park
NB We will NOT walk all round the 10 k course, but will plan on a total of 5 – 6 k on the West side of Beaver/Elk lakes.
Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200
July 11
Queenswood - Arbutus
Meet at Rowley Road at Arbutus
Pub: Smuggler’s Cove, 2581 Penrhyn, 477-2688
July 18
Layritz and Logan Parks
Meet: Mann Avenue, one block W. of Wilkinson ( dead end)
Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200
July 25
Thetis Lake Park
Meet at Six Mile Pub Parking Lot
Pub: Four Mile, 199 Old Island Hwy 479-3346
Aug 1
*** Francis King Regional Park
Meet at parking lot off Munns Rd via Prospect Lake Road.
Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200
MONDAY Aug 4 (BC Day)
Meet at Tillicum Mall in front of Kelsey's restaurant for
car pool. (Leaving at 8:45 a.m. prompt, to catch the ferry at 11.00 a.m.)
Pub: Dinghy Dock or Crow and Gate (Nanaimo)
August 8
*** Gorge Road
Park: Lot on south side of Gorge Road, just east of Tillicum Bridge
Pub: Gorge Pointe, 1075 Tillicum. 386-5500
August 15
Park: Royal Oak Shopping Centre (by Canadian Tire)
Pub: Romeo’s, 777 Royal Oak Dr., 744-1177
August 22
Uplands Park- Willows Beach
Meet at War Memorial near Cattle Point
Pub: CHINESE RESTAURANT AT Oak Bay Junction
August 29
Cordova Bay ( Details to be announced)
Sept 1 (Labour Day)
Cowichan River Walk (Details to be announced)
MONDAY
Sept 5
Gonzales Hill /Anderson Hill
Meet at Gonzales Hill Parking Lot off Dennison
Pub: Sylwester’s home
Sept 12
*** West Bay Walkway
Meet at West Bay, Head street
Pub: Fin and Gill 453 Head Street,381-1400
Sep 19
Witty’s Lagoon – East Side
Meet: Parking Lot at Olympic View Drive, off Duke Road
Pub: Country Rose, 592 Ledsham, 478-4200
Sept 26
*** Panama Flats
Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200
Oct 3
*** Fisherman’s Wharf – Laurel Point – Museum - Beacon Hill Park – St. Ann’s
Meet at Fisherman’s Wharf - James Bay
Pub: James Bay Inn, 270 Government 384-7151
MONDAY Oct 13 (Thanksgiving)
Sooke Potholes
Park: Sooke Potholes Parking Lot, Sooke River Road
Pub: !7 Mile House, 5126 Sooke Road, 642-5942
Oct 10
***Blenkinsop Lake – Rithet's Bog
Meet at behind Monkey Tree Pub at beginning of Lochside Trail.
4025 Borden,
Pub: TBA
MONDAY Nov 10 or 11 ( Remembrance Day)
** Matheson Lake
Pub:17 Mile House, 5126 Sooke Road, 642-5942
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