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November 2019

November 2019 Morning sun at Burnaby Lake Saturday, November 2/19:On Saturday on a cold but bright morning, RA Edie with canine April, Flora, Eoin and Laura, Larry, Len and Miriam with granddog Jax, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc met at the Centre and resolved to walk to Piper Spit along the north trail to Burnaby Lake.  The 11 walked 7.8 km in times ranging from 1hr:50 to 1hr:55 to arrive at the Spit and return to …

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October 2019

October 2019 Deer Lake Park in all its Autumn Splendor Wednesday October 2/19: On Wednesday on a no rain  evening, RA Edie with her sister Chris,, who was welcomed by the others, plus of course dog April,  Alex, Kevin and Bobtoc,  walked from the Centre to Eastlake.  Edie and Chris  continued  on Eastlake for 33 minutes before turning back.  The remaining three continued to Underhill, north to Forest Grove Drive, then east to the Gaglardi overpass, …

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September 2019

September 2019 September 2/19 On Monday morning, Rod, Larry, Susan, Edie with April, Eoin, Laura and Alex met at the Burnaby Lake parking lot and walked to Deer Lake, enjoying the beautiful sunny morning, walking 6 km in a time of 2h 20, then had coffee at the Fortius Centre.             Enclosed is a picture of Ivan who proudly showed off his SeaWheeze Half Marathon medal to the Cruisers last week.  Way to go Ivan!  …

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August 2019

August 2019 Saturday August 3 2019 RA Edie with April, Eoin and Laura, Len and Miriam with granddog Jax, Larry, Susan, Kevin, Alex and Bobtoc met at the  Centre Saturday a.m. on a warm but not uncomfortable morning. Ivan also appeared but he planned to run solo.  Before the run/walk for the morning, Susan was presented with the Cruisers “Fallers Trophy” to commemorate her stumble and fall weeks ago at the Centre on a small …

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July 2019

July 2019 Canada Day Walk from Confederation Centre to New Brighton Park Monday July 1st 2019: On Canada Day July 1st  RA Edie with April,  Eoin and Laura, Alex, Larry, Sherian, Bobtoc, and the following friends of Edie, Maureen with her dog Chester, Erin and Jenna with their dog Guiness and June, walked from the Eileen Dailly swimming pool at Confederation Park  at 8:30 a.m. to the Brighton swim pool in Vancouver via the route …

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June 2019

June 2019 Down the road we go!  Lots of Chattering going on but not a lot of speed…. Saturday June 1 2019:  Alex, Edie with canine April, Eoin and Laura, Len with his granddog Jax, Flora, Rene, Kevin and Bobtoc, with Gillian Coates who said hello to the group at the Centre on Saturday a.m.  before she continued into the Centre.  The weather was superb; sunny, warm.  The route selected was to go east into …

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May 2019

May 2019 BMO by the City Hall On Wednesday  RA Edie with April, Larry, Kevin, Alex, and Bobtoc walked from the Centre once again to North Road using the Stoney Creek trail and returned to the Centre.  The five enjoyed a comfortably warm evening.  On the way back, Alex, who was walking with Bobtoc,  spotted on the bridge joining the Stoney Creek Elementary School grounds to the trail, three plaques for want of a different …

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April 2019

April 2019 Shoreline Park in all its glory…. Monday April 1st:  RA Edie with April, Laura and Eoin, Susan and Bobtoc walked from the Centre Monday on a warm, no rain evening using the Stoney Creek trail to North Road and return, time and distance being one hour on the dot and 4 km respectively.  A very pleasant time indeed. Heather & Jennel met at Town Centre and ran 3 laps then back to homes.  …

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March 2019

March 2019 Lost Lake in Mundy Park –  If the name fits…… And Spring is around the corner??????????? March 2nd:  On Saturday morning, Larry, Rod, Susan, Edie and canine April walked, while Len and Alex ran intervals, along the Burnaby Lake trails to the nature house, enjoying the sunny, gorgeous day, a bit chilly at -1 C.  We saw the ducks at the nature house area at the lakeshore, including the brightly coloured mandarin duck. …

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February 2019

February 2019 First outing of the month!  Walked from Cameron to pier – lots of wildlife (not pictured) Saturday February 2nd:  RA Edie with canine April,  Larry back from Maui with his suntan and medal, Len and Miriam, Flora, Rachel, Laura and Eoin, Rick, Rod, and Bobtoc met at the Centre on a  + 5 C, no rain morning.  The route chosen for the walk/run was to the north trail leading to Burnaby Lake via …