After the last couple months of almost constant racing and travelling I am now in my second week at home in Victoria. With the exception of the rain we've had the last couple days, it actually feels like summer. Long days of sun with weekend adventures. Last Sunday we headed to Hornby Island for the day. Hornby is off the coast of Denman island which is off the coast of Vancouver Island about 2 hours North of Victoria. It was a long day as we left Victoria at 6:45am and didn't get home until 11:30pm, but the riding and the weather was perfect.

Hornby is covered in pristine trails that are all-rider-level friendly and fast. The climb is about 15 minutes long and leads to a huge choice of trails. We did 3 laps of the area, road down to the car, lunched, and then headed back up for another 3 laps and descended down the ridge of the island to end up back at the ferry terminal.

Not a bad way to spend the weekend...got home, rested up a day, then headed out for another great ride in Victoria around Partridge hills, 1600 feet of climbing in less than 17km! A great change from the highspeed descents of Hornby, Partridge Hills has beautiful flow but is slower and more technical.

Tuesday was an exploratory ride with Gerry out in Langford--always looking for new terrain! Tonight holds some "training" with an interval session and then it is the weekend! Not sure what the plan is...but I think a weekend actually IN Victoria is called for...