August 30
On Saturday morning Liane, Flora, Larry, Kevin, Edie, and Shiraz met at Queen’s Park in New West and Shiraz took the lead in guiding us over and giving us a tour of the new swimming pool complex that replaced the old Canada Games pool, across the street from the park. Quite an impressive facility, with six pools of various sizes and uses, ranging from family pools to full size training pools, and plenty of gym workout treadmills, weight machines, etc. Then we walked back around the park, went up 2nd St. to 6th Ave. and stopped in for ice cream at the Rocky Point ice cream store, then walked back through the park.
Our distance is estimated at 6 km and our walk time was about 1h20. Much cooler temperature this morning too.
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August 29
On Wednesday evening, it was still hot out but perhaps slightly cooler than Monday, as Liane, Lorraine, Brenda, Glenn, Brigitte, Flora and Larry met at the mall and walked the Stoney Creek trail, again sticking to the shade wherever possible.
We walked to North Road, so our distance was about 6 km and our time was about 1h10. Flora got a bit of a jog in as well.
From Jennel: Jennel is still getting out there in the heat as well. On Tuesday she found a trail near their house that she’d never been on before, and walk-jogged 5 km with her dogs.
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August 24
On Saturday morning Liane, René, Edie, Kevin, Hazra, Rod, and Larry met at the Port Moody Rec Centre and walked along Alderside, with Liane and René going to Ioco Road, then we returned to the rec centre where Hazra and Rod finished, and the rest of the group continued on to Rocky Point park, enjoyed some ice cream, then went back to the rec centre.
Rod and Hazra’s distance was about 6 km and their time was about 1h15. The rest of the group’s distance was about 11 km and walking time was about 2h15. Meanwhile, Flora walked-jogged the route of the Park Run at Mundy Park.
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August 22
On Wednesday evening Edie, Flora, Ross, Glenn, Brenda, Kevin, and Lorraine met at Lougheed Mall and walked along Noel to Rod and Pat Hargreaves’ house, while Larry drove there.
The group had a nice chat with Rod and Pat while sitting on their porch in their beautiful back yard, on a very pleasant summer evening. The group returned to the mall area by going up to Lyndhurst elementary school and continuing on Willoughby.
Walk distance was about 3 km. Thanks to Rod and Pat for their hospitality!
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August 18
On Monday evening it was mild and pleasant at 21c.
Cameron Cruisers present were Edie, Sandy, Liane, Lorraine, Hazra, Rod, Brenda, Glenn and Flora walked down to Keswick Park, up pickleball hill to Cardston, along to Horne, along the Burnaby Mountain Urban, Eastlake trail, through Eastlake Park, and back to the mall.
Our distance about 6 km and our time about 1h30 estimation.
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August 17
On Saturday morning Len, Miriam with Jax, and Larry met at Lougheed Mall and walked down through Keswick Park, Government St., Cariboo and Joe’s trail, and headed back by going up North Road. It was raining at first but the rain got lighter as we walked and by the time we finished it had almost stopped.
Our distance was about 6.5 km and our time was about 1h45.
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August 14
On Wednesday evening there was a big turnout (yay!) as Liane, Edie, Lorraine, René, Rod, Hazra, Flora, Kevin, Brenda, Glen, and Larry welcomed the cooler temperature as we walked along Erickson, Bell, Noel, Beaverbrook, into the Stoney Creek trail and up to North Road, where Liane, Brenda and René continued up to Chapman, then rejoined the group as we continued back to the mall using Beaverbrook and Cameron. Our distance was about 6 km and our walk time was 1h15. The three speedsters’ distance was almost 7 km.
Earlier in the day, a total of 12 Cruisers attended a birthday lunch at Cockney Kings Fish and Chips for Rod Hargreaves, celebrating his 85th birthday!
Thanks to all who came out! Rod, Pat, Larry, René, Denise, Len, Kevin, Edie, Alex. Angela, Flora, and Ross.
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August 12
On Monday evening it was a scorcher temperature wise (32 C), however Liane, Brigitte, Lorraine, René, Rod, Hazra, Sandy, Flora, and Larry braved the heat by sticking to the shade all the way, going along Erickson, Bell, Noel, Beaverbrook, into the Stoney Creek trail and almost all walked to North Road, then continued back to the mall using Beaverbrook and Cameron, which by then was in the shade.
We cooled off in the mall but noticed the air conditioning had been turned off so it wasn’t as cool, but slightly better than outside. Our distance was about 6 km and our walk time was 1h15.
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August 10
On Saturday morning in perfect summer weather Kevin, Larry, Liane, Flora, René, Rod and Hazra walked from the Port Moody Rec Centre along Alderside almost to Ioco Road and returned along the paved trail in Rocky Point Park to the rec centre, where Hazra and Rod finished, their distance about 5.5 km and their time about 1h15.
The rest of the group walked to Rocky Point and the ice cream shop where ice cream was enjoyed, then back to the rec centre, distance about 9.5 km and walk time about 2h15. Flora and René jogged a good part of the route.
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August 08
On Wednesday evening it was perfect weather as Liane, Kevin, Lorraine, Rod, Flora, René, Brigitte, and Larry walked down to Keswick Park, up Cardston, along to Horne, Government, Eastlake trail, through Eastlake Park, and back to the mall, our distance about 6 km and our time about 1h45, a bit less for speedsters Liane, Brigitte, and Lorraine.
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August 05
On Monday, as it was BC Day, Liane, Kevin, Flora, Edie, Len with Jax, Alex, and Larry met in the morning at Christine Sinclair Centre and walked over to and around the Deer Lake trail. Our distance was about 6.5 km and our walk time was about 1h45.
Alex jogged some of the way and did bobturns and added just about another 1 km to his distance. Afterwards some of us had coffee at Bastions inside the Centre. The James Cowan Theatre at Shadbolt Centre is under redevelopment and presently there is a crane in position, as well as scaffolding around the arts building, another Burnaby community facility update project.
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August 03
On Saturday morning Liane, Kevin, Edie, Lorraine, Flora, Len and Miriam with Jax, and Larry walked from Burnaby Mountain Park trail up to SFU, through the academic quadrangle and on to HIgh Road where the shops and restaurants are, and continued into the condo areas before turning around and heading back through the outside back of the Science Building, stepping over some taped-off area where it appeared the sidewalk construction was already completed, and back through the mall area and into the trail again. The rose garden at Bby Mtn has been pruned so it should be really nice in a week or two.
The weather was perfect – sun with a bit of cloud, and moderate temperature. Our distance was about 6.5 km in a time of about 1h45.
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August 01
On Wednesday evening Liane, Glenn, Brenda, René, Kevin, Edie, and Larry walked from the mall along the sidewalk through the apartment blocks parallel to Lougheed Hwy, Bell Ave., Noel, and into the shade of the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, and returned along the same way or via Beaverbrook and Cameron.
Our distance about 6.5 km and our time about 1h15. René and Brenda walked up North Road to Chapman and a bit beyond, before returning on the trail, their distance about 7.5 km or slightly longer. It was a warm and sunny evening but a bit cooler in the trail.
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