Wednesday Hike – Beacon Hill Park / Holland Point Park – Victoria, BC

Kris — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:42:41 +0000

Bad weather was in the forecast for tonight, but it was all good for an hour and a bit while we hiked around parts of Beacon Hill Park and Holland Point Park. It’s been a while since I did a hike in jeans with a soy chai latte in hand, so I guess maybe this outing should be described as more walk than hike. Either way it was fun.

Peacocks, trails through grassy fields, hilltop views of the ocean, futzing around on the beach… I like it.

GPS Data: 4.4km – 1h08m – GPS route

A 4km hike around Beacon Hill Park and Holland Point Park in Victoria, BC. Click on the map to see GPS details on the Garmin website.

Peacock #1 in Beacon Hill Park.

Peacock #2, 3, and 4 at the Beacon Hill childrens' petting zoo. #2 and 3 were particularly scrappy - fighting when we left and fighting when we came back an hour later.

Grassy field action on the way through part of Beacon Hill Park.

Nice view across the water to Port Angeles from Beacon Hill.

Heading west along the water front near Dallas Road and Holland Point Park.

Logs on the beach in Holland Point Park. I like it... oh wait, I already said that... ummm, okay logs rule.

On the way back to Beacon Hill we meandered along various mowed pathways.

Really small boats and ducks are known to frequent this pond; tonight only ducks.

Ermmm, some sort of beast skull adorning a tree in Beacon Hill Park. Initially, I was thinking domestic cat, but after some Google image searching I'm now leaning towards raccoon.

A wee (as in short) trail in the southwest corner of Beacon Hill Park skirting a rather unimpressive expanse of gravel that sometimes serves as a soccer pitch.

Wednesday Hike – Victoria, BC – Beacon Hill / Clover Point

Kris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:59:15 +0000

Went out for the Wednesday hike yesterday with some folks from work (7 of us in total) at Beacon Hill and Clover Point. As it is now the middle of October I guess I should expect the kind of weather we had for most of today – rainy, windy, etc. In fact it was looking downright crappy about an hour before things got underway. As luck would have it, it cleared up and was kind of nice for the duration of the hike. As has been pointed out by some of the group, I might be a lucky charm for the weather as we have now done 19 consecutive outings with basically no bad weather.

I’m not sure what is up with my wildlife fetish, but this week, like many previous weeks, had some good animal moments: seagulls fighting over a mangy, but still living crab; a Bald Eagle perched on top of a totem pole; three Blue Herons; a bunch of ducks; and numerous dogs tearing around the dog park along Dallas Road.

GPS Data: Hike – Victoria, BC – Beacon Hill and Clover Point

Clover Point looking west towards Metchosin and Sooke.

Totem pole in Beacon Hill Park with Bald Eagle perched on top.

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Wednesday Hike – Beacon Hill Park / Holland Point Park – Victoria, BC

Wednesday Hike – Victoria, BC – Beacon Hill / Clover Point