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News
- Some photos of the Ottawa group's Tuesday, Aug. 23, ride are now on the photos page
- Check out Rob Stewart's Maritime blog at ccctstour.blogspot.com
- There is a link to Ken Levine's report on the May, 2011 Sierra Tahoe tour on the tour reports page
- The India tour was more than fully subscribed with 26 applicants.
Currently the operator Pedaltours is planning to run one tour of 20
participants departing on Nov 15. Due to insufficient numbers,
the proposed Group 2 India Tour has been postponed 2012. The new start
date (from Delhi) is 09 January, finishing 27 January in Cochin. Eleven
applicants are currently wait-listed on Group 2. The tour needs a
minimum of 16 and maximum of 20 to get the best price. Please refer to
the March 1 Newsbrief and the website for all tour details. Applicants
will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Any member
interested in joining the second tour should add his/her name to the
wait list (at no cost), following instructions detailed in the March
Newsbrief and on the website.
- Ken Levine's report on the CCCTS Vietnam Grand Tour: Jan. 3 to Jan. 24, 2011 has been posted at http://www.cccts.org/reports.html#Vietnam3.
- Eric O'Higgins advises that the blog site for the third Vietnam Tour is now up and running at http://www.blogster.com/ccctsxxx/vietnam-in-january
- Yvonne's blog of the second group's Vietnam trip in November, 2010 is at http://www.ccctsinvietnamgroup2.blogspot.com/
- Blog of the first group's Vietnam trip in November, 2010 is at http://ccctsvietnamgp1.blogspot.com/
- Links to George's slideshow of the 2010 Washington Wildflowers tour
and to R diger's photos and Penny's photos of the 2010 Dempster tour
have been added to the photos page
- Read James Spears' account, with photos, of the June 2010 Picton ride.
- Read Doug and Gala Sly's account (with photos) of their epic cycle from Nelson to Whitehorse and of the 2010 Dempster tour.
- New photos from Dan McGuire from the Wednesday, Feb. 17 Fraser Valley ride have been posted
- There is now a link to Chris Hodgson's slideshow of the 2009 China trip on the photos page
- Rob Fawcett's blog of the 2009 China trip is at http://ccctsinchina.wordpress.com/
- Barb Wilson's photos from the Ottawa group's Oct. 8 ride are now available from the photos page
- James Spears' report and photos of the 2009 Coast Interior Loop can be seen at http://web.me.com/james.spears/Site/Coast_Interior_Tour_CCCTS.html
- James Spears' report and photos of the 2009 Seattle area H&S are now on the website.
- George Aitken's report (with photos) of the 2009 SW Washington and beyond tour can be found at http://www.cccts.org/docs/SW_WASHINGTONreview.pdf
- George Aitken & Sandy Kirk's photos from the SW Washington and Beyond trip May 1 to 13
- Changes to the application/renewal process have been posted.
- Jill Weldon's photos of the Courtenay BC Loop Bike Trip, June 4-9, 2009
- Robert Ralfs' photos of the June 14,2009 Vancouver group's ride to Ferndale
- The cccts directors are now listed on the "Who we are" page, http://www.cccts.org/welcome.html. This page now also has a link to the cccts constitution.
- Guidelines for submitting members' notices to the newsbrief can be found at http://www.cccts.org.docs/MembersNotices.html
- Photos from the April 21, 2009 Ottawa spring meeting
- Victoria CCCTS members had their 3rd annual "daffodil tour" on
April 8, 2009 of Vantreight Farms. This operation sends daffodils
across Canada in the spring. Ryan Vantreight, a fifth generation
Vantreight, explained the history of their farm and then led us on a
tour of their greenhouses, stating that they have changed from growing
flowers there to growing strawberries and vegetables for local
restaurants and markets. Photos have been posted at http://www.cccts.org/photos/VicDaff09/index.html.
- Photo from the Fraser Valley first ride of 2009.
- Photo from the Ottawa group's first "ride" of 2009.
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