Month: October 2020

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3rd Virtual Challenge Completed

Is this a photography site or a fitness site? I haven’t been able to get out to take many photos over the last couple of weeks due to work commitments, but I have been out doing my walks around the neighbourhood for my Virtual Challenges. So this week I completed my 3rd Virtual Challenge – The Inca Trail. This was a 42.16 km/26.2 mile Challenge and I did it over 6 days.

So now I am onto my 4th virtual Challenge – Hadrian’s Wall, a 145 km / 90 mile walk. Hadrian’s wall was built about 122 AD to keep the Picts out of the civilized Roman Britannia.

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Autumn Seeds

We took a little walk along the Ottawa River Pathway System in Orleans this afternoon. These Milkweed Pods were bursting with seeds. I couldn’t help take a few photos of them. I used my 10-20mm Wide Angle Lens. Settings: 100 ISO F22 1/800sec.

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Second Virtual Challenge Done

All my previous walking on the virtual Land’s End to John o’Groats walk the length of Britain Challenge has paid off. I was able to complete the virtual crossing of the English Channel in just 4 days. After a quick sip of some very nice (virtual) french wine on the France side of the Channel, I am virtually off to Peru to walk the Inca Trail (26.2 miles/42.16kms) right through Machu Picchu.

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Virtual Challenge Complete!

I finished my Virtual Lands End to John o’Groats Walk the length of Britain Challenge this weekend. 1744.2 kms walked since January 1st. I hope you enjoyed the post cards and maps that I posted along the way. I am starting a much shorter challenge tomorrow. Crossing the English Channel. I am hoping that it will only take me a week to walk the 32 kilometers from Dover to France.

  • Last Postcad
  • Certificate
  • My wife with me at the finish line, my daughter took the photo
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Canadian Thanksgiving

We had a very quiet Thanksgiving thanks to Covid restrictions here in Ottawa. For the first time ever it was just 3 of us for Thanksgiving. Being told not to mix households and with my daughter teaching high-school we just couldn’t risk having my Mom and Sister over. So we took a walk along the Ottawa River Pathway System here in Orleans. The colours were amazing once more. For this shoot, I used my 10-20mm wide angle lens.