Nelson
City Campground, Nelson, Canada, 22-08-08
All aboard the tourist trail
Hope to Penticton
(4 cycle days; 1 rest day; 286km; 2378m)
Hope to near Coquihalla Pass (62 km; 1142 m)
near Coquihalla Pass to near Coalmont (80 km; 294 m)
near Coalmont to near Bankeir (59 km; 438 m)
near Bankeir to Penticton (84 km; 504 m)
After enough rain to warrant a clear day,
we set off in the sunshine and in fine spirits, ready
to experience Andrew McCullen's masterpiece of engineering: The
Kettle Valley Railway. An abandoned railway bed
that winds from Midway and Hope. It has station names
that will definitely ring a bell if you are familiar
with Shakespeare. Apparently, McCullen, an avid fan
of the Elizabethan writer, was said to have cited his
poetry round the campfire of an evening during the construction
years. The first leg of the journey to Othello tunnels
is like a dream come true. Hardened earth paths winding
in and out rain-forested hillsides, tunnels and bridges,
gorges and gushing waterways. If it is like this, all
the way, then we are in for a real cycling treat.
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