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.
MONDAY March
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Meet at Parking Lot opposite Ma Miller’s Pub, Sooke Lake Road |
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Pub: Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream, 474-1989 |
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April 11 |
*** Colquitz Creek |
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Meet at Tillicum Shopping Centre |
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Interurban Road Entrance. |
Pub: Kelsey’s (CW) 978-5550 |
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Tillicum Mall Lower Parking Lot |
OR Sabri , 3480 Tillicum, 388-4655 |
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April 18 |
Royal Roads – Pacific Centre |
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Meet at parking lot Aldeane Road at Sooke Road |
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(opposite Main gate of Royal Roads) |
Pub: : Country Rose, 592 Ledsham, 478-4200 |
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April 25 |
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Meet at Mill Hill Parking Lot, Atkins Road. |
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Pub: 4 Mile, 199 Old Old Island Hwy 479-3346 |
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May 2 |
*** Saxe Point - Fleming Beach |
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Meet at Fleming Beach Lot – Munro Road |
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Pub: Fin and Gill 453 Head Street, 381-1400 |
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May 9 |
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Meet at Cedar Hill Golf Course Parking Lot (off Derby) |
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Pub: Golf Course restaurant(CW), 1400 Derby 595-2912 OR Purple Garden,(CW) 1138-1551 Cedar Hill X Rd. 477-8866 |
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May 16 |
Mystic Vale – University Gardens |
Meet in parking lot behind Commons Bldg at UVic (off Sinclair) |
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Pub: To be arranged |
MONDAY May 19 (Victoria Day) |
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Meet at Aylard Farm Parking Lot |
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Pub: Seventeen Mile Pub, 5126 Sooke Road. |
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642-5942 |
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May 23 |
Quick’s Bottom – Joe’s Trail |
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Meet North of Vanalman on Glanford |
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Pub: Knockanback, Wilkinson Rd. 727-0200 |
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May 30 |
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Meet at the Beach Parking Lot |
Pub: Maude Hunters 3810 Shelbourne 721-2337 |
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June 6 |
Swan Lake – Christmas Hill |
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Meet at parking lot for Nature House |
| Pub: Gorge Pointe Pub, 1075 Tillicum. 386-5500 | |
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June 13 |
Witty’s Lagoon –West side |
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Meet in parking lot next to St. Mary’s Church |
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Pub: to be arranged |
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June 20 |
John Dean Park – Mount Newton |
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Meet in lower parking lot of Dunsmuir lodge |
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Pub: Mary’s Bleue Moon Café (CW) |
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9535 Canora, Sidney. 655-4450 |
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June 27 |
Tattersall/Maplewood area |
| Meet: Leslie Park (details to be announced) | |
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Pub: 5th Street Bar and Grill |
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MONDAY July 7 or May 31 (Canada Day) |
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Details to be Announced |
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Pub: Rock Cod Café, Cowichan Bay? |
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July 4 |
*** Elk Lake – Beaver Lake |
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Met at Beaver Lake- second car park |
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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. |
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Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200 |
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July 11 |
Queenswood - Arbutus |
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Meet at Rowley Road at Arbutus |
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Pub: Smuggler’s Cove, 2581 Penrhyn, 477-2688 |
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July 18 |
Layritz and Logan Parks |
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Meet: Mann Avenue, one block W. of Wilkinson ( dead end) |
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Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200 |
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July 25 |
Thetis Lake Park |
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Meet at Six Mile Pub Parking Lot |
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Pub: Four Mile, 199 Old Island Hwy 479-3346 |
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Aug 1 |
*** Francis King Regional Park |
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Meet at parking lot off Munns Rd via Prospect Lake Road. |
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Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200 |
MONDAY Aug 4 (BC Day) |
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Meet at Tillicum Mall in front of Kelsey's restaurant for |
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car pool. (Leaving at 8:45 a.m. prompt, to catch the ferry at 11.00 a.m.) |
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Pub: Dinghy Dock or Crow and Gate (Nanaimo) |
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August 8 |
*** Gorge Road |
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Park: Lot on south side of Gorge Road, just east of Tillicum Bridge |
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Pub: Gorge Pointe, 1075 Tillicum. 386-5500 |
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August 15 |
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Park: Royal Oak Shopping Centre (by Canadian Tire) |
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Pub: Romeo’s, 777 Royal Oak Dr., 744-1177 |
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August 22 |
Uplands Park- Willows Beach |
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Meet at War Memorial near Cattle Point |
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Pub: CHINESE RESTAURANT AT Oak Bay Junction |
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August 29 |
Cordova Bay ( Details to be announced) |
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Sept 1 (Labour Day) |
Cowichan River Walk (Details to be announced) |
MONDAY |
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Sept 5 |
Gonzales Hill /Anderson Hill |
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Meet at Gonzales Hill Parking Lot off Dennison |
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Pub: Sylwester’s home |
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Sept 12 |
*** West Bay Walkway |
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Meet at West Bay, Head street |
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Pub: Fin and Gill 453 Head Street,381-1400 |
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Sep 19 |
Witty’s Lagoon – East Side |
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Meet: Parking Lot at Olympic View Drive, off Duke Road |
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Pub: Country Rose, 592 Ledsham, 478-4200 |
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Sept 26 |
*** Panama Flats |
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Pub: Knockanback (CW) Wilkinson Road, 727-0200 |
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Oct 3 |
*** Fisherman’s Wharf – Laurel Point – Museum - Beacon Hill Park – St. Ann’s |
| Meet at Fisherman’s Wharf - James Bay | |
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Pub: James Bay Inn, 270 Government 384-7151 |
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MONDAY Oct 13 (Thanksgiving) |
Sooke Potholes |
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Park: Sooke Potholes Parking Lot, Sooke River Road |
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Pub: !7 Mile House, 5126 Sooke Road, 642-5942 |
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Oct 10 |
***Blenkinsop Lake – Rithet's Bog |
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Meet at behind Monkey Tree Pub at beginning of Lochside Trail. |
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4025 Borden, |
| Pub: TBA | |
MONDAY Nov 10 or 11 ( Remembrance Day) |
** Matheson Lake |
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Pub:17 Mile House, 5126 Sooke Road, 642-5942 |
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