Saturday, May 11th, 9am (Meet at 8:45am) Meeting Point: Matheson Lake Park Meeting Point Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/heG2t12YKPWXAa159 Route Map: https://onthegomap.com/s/avcovlck This trail is very rural and flat. If you are planning to walk through the meseta in Spain this trail will give you a sense of what awaits you. The walk takes about three hours to […]
When: May 16, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Where: Saanich Commonwealth Place, Arbutus Room This multimedia session introduces UK hikes such as the Coast to Coast trail, the Abbey Way and Offa’s Dyke in Wales, as well as the Cinque Terra, the Saint Francis of Assisi and the Via Francigena in Italy. Learn about routes, accommodations, how […]
Saturday, May 18, 2024 9am (Meet at 8:45 am) Meeting Point: Serious Coffee Millstream Village Meeting Point Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mNaeFkQtaVbvESJTA Route Map: https://onthegomap.com/s/9qmvmbo4 This walk will take the group up and over Bear Mountain in Langford. The total elevation gain is 375 m with a similar descent. Poles will be helpful for this hike as it […]
Saturday, May 25th, 8am (Meet at 7:45am) Meeting Point: Christ Church Cathedral 930 Burdett Ave, Victoria, BC Meeting Point Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AhT1kqgjsHrQP2to7 Parking: Broughton St public parking or free parking on Cook St. between Dallas and Park Ave., or take a bus! The Canadian Company of Pilgrims and the Pilgrim Office of Santiago have reached an agreement that […]
Saturday, June 1, 9am (Meet at 8:45am) Meeting Point: Central Saanich United Church, 7180 East Saanich Road Meeting Point Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bW5nyd7pt3tmGJA69 Parking: Central Saanich United Church or area Bus: #72, Central Saanich United Church (E. Saanich/Dogwood Lane stop), Sidney (Fifth / Bevan stop) The Canadian Company of Pilgrims and the Pilgrim Office of Santiago have reached an […]
When: Thursday, June 6, 2024 Start Time: 10:00am Location: Quality Foods Café at 27 Helmcken Road Camino Coffee House will now be at the Quality Foods Café, located at the Eagle Creek Village Shopping mall, beside the Victoria General Hospital, 27 Helmcken Road, unit 110. The café is located inside Quality Food, upstairs.
June 15th, 9am (Meet at 8:45am) Meeting Point: Colwood Park and Ride across from the Juan De Fuca sports complex Meeting Point Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HeuT5cvZcnYkabgq6 Route Map: https://onthegomap.com/s/v3e13qjm The walk starts on the Galloping Goose trail and leads us into RRU, continuing downhill past several waterfalls, giant cedars, firs and a forest of ferns to the end of […]
Meeting Point: Tillicum Mall, 315 Burnside Rd W, Victoria, BC V8Z 7L6 Meeting Point Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uX8oQa9eQFTHa71cA Route Map: https://onthegomap.com/s/jitq1j29 Everyone loves a Camino walk. There is nothing better than getting up, walking for a while, grabbing a café con leche ('coffee with milk'), walking some more, having some lunch and walking a little more. For many, […]
When: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Start Time: 7 pm Location: Broad View United Church, 3703 St Aidans St, Victoria, BC V8P 2V7 I'll Push You is an extraordinary documentary of two best friends, Justin and Patrick, one pushing the other 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain. Victoria chapter of CCoP is […]
When: Thursday, July 4, 2024 Start Time: 10:00am Location: Quality Foods Café at 27 Helmcken Road Camino Coffee House will now be at the Quality Foods Café, located at the Eagle Creek Village Shopping mall, beside the Victoria General Hospital, 27 Helmcken Road, unit 110. The café is located inside Quality Foods, upstairs.
Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tQcV4xUZboXNMKtBA Route Map: https://onthegomap.com/s/s5iltkpu This is a moderately challenging but beautiful hike along forested trails in John Dean Provincial Park (ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱) with a stop at toilets almost three km from the start. The distance is 8.8 km in total. Bring poles if you use them.
Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EDUznutMCYtW3o3PA Beacon Hill Parking Lot area by Petting Zoo Route Map: https://onthegomap.com/s/nte6ua8i We will be walking a short scenic loop starting at the Petting Zoo area of Beacon Hill Park (parking area), then heading down towards Dallas Road and the scenic waterfront. We will head towards Fairfield Road and then come back the […]
