Coffeeneuring #3 - Happy Goat coffee and a wiggly route home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Date: 2023-10-14
• Where to: Happy Goat Bank Street
• Drink: dark coffee with cream
• Distance: 10.69 km
• Bike: Black Mountain Cycles Monster Cross

On this ride it occurred to me that I could have A Theme: bridges. There were two bridges on the previous two rides (same two bridges on each) but I didn’t think to take pictures of them. I hope that doesn’t invalidate the whole theme idea. There were many more on this ride. The fun of this route is that you go through Brewer Park then under the Bronson Bridge then over the little wooden bridge leading into Carleton. But going along the Rideau through the Carleton campus you pass more bridges: the new bike and pedestrian bridge and the older railway bridge. Then, as you follow the canal north you go under the Heron Road bridge. Once you get to Hog’s Back it’s over another bridge. Finally, past the Brookfield roundabout there are the usual two little bridges on the way home.

 

The new, not quite finished, bike and pedestrian bridge over the Rideau River.

 

 

Another view of the new bridge, with the older railway bridge behind it.