View The Galloping Goose Day 2 Jan. 15, 2013 in a larger map
The end for this week
Directions
We'll all meet at the centre at 9:15 and car pool with at least two vehicles. We will drop off one vehicle at the trail car park near Luxton Fairgrounds and proceed to the Atkins Road parking to start this section.
There is parking here next the the wild bird seed store, and we know where the Atkins Road parking is - and how to get to it!
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This section is approximately 9K, but we make up for it next week with a slightly longer hike (11K) to Rocky Point Road.
Ad Hoc Hikers who complete any section(s) of the Goose Gallop 2013 will receive a momento indicating the distance walked. If you miss a section on any Tuesday and want to make it up to receive the coveted 55K momento for 2013, please let me know. We're planning to complete the Lochside Trail as well this year - so stay tuned!
Description from the official guide (see links section for the full guide).
Just west of the Atkins Avenue parking lot, the Goose crosses Six Mile
Road. For the next seven kilometres the Goose rides over top of
the Colwood Delta — an immense pile of gravel, up to 100 metres
thick, underlying much of Langford and Colwood. It was built
nearly 13,000 years ago by streams flowing to the sea from glacial ice
west of Langford Lake. You can’t see the delta as such (it’s under foot)
but you can see some of the left over meltwater channels and ponds.
Road crossings interrupt the flow of the Goose all the way to the Luxton
Fairgrounds. The Goose crosses Atkins Avenue (three times), Sooke
Road (three times), Jacklin Road and a few other smaller roads. Sooke
and Jacklin are busy, major roads. Exercise caution when crossing. Use
the cross walks and if you’re cycling, dismount before crossing.
The working landscape of Colwood and Langford is partially shielded by
fern-laden rocky outcrops, pasture land, and low-lying wetlands. It’s a
delightful surprise to enter a shady former railway cutbank on a hot
summer day and imagine the rickety Galloping Goose gas car (circa 1930)
lurching along the old rail line.
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