october beauty in the ontario highlands
It was a perfect October day for a ride-the-highlands loop: crisp air, blue skies and vibrant fall colours. And, because it was a Tuesday, there was little traffic. I…
it ain’t over ’til it’s over
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, may have been (or not!) my last riding day of the season. Regardless, it was a stunning day to do a familiar loop from Almonte…
this was more like it :)
Thanks to a quick tube change by Richmond Motorsports and the support of James A., I was back on the road Friday afternoon after the flat on Thursday. I…
not the ride i had in mind…
The two riders facing me across the 511 were turning left at the stop. I was going straight on to Glen Tay; I waved them through. When they swung…
ended up in a pumpkin patch
I hadn’t planned on visiting the pumpkin patch on Rosetta Road, but that’s where I ended up on the last day of September 2024. You never know where the…
not a motorcycle mama
Mom’s been gone eight years now. She died on August 17, 2016, six weeks before her eighty-eighth birthday. My mother’s mother also died a little over a month before…
heaven’s highways
“Do you think I need to take rain gear?” I directed the question to James, who was busy cleaning his windscreen with Bon Ami. He didn’t reply, so…
the long way back to lally road
This is the fourth in a series about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The first post is here; the second is here and the third…
phones, fears and facts
This is the third in a series of posts about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The first post is here and the second one is…
black & blue but nothing broken
This is the second in a series of posts about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The first post is here. Some of the names of…