Biking on the Galloping Goose Trail

The Galloping Goose trail is built on an old rail line. Because of this the incline is not more than three degrees and is great for walkers, joggers or bicyclists.

 My journey started here, at an ongoing spur of the trail, in Esquimalt near the back gate of CFB Naden and VSL shipyards.

 Its quite a busy intersection and the spur intends to expand on the other side of the street...eventually. After biking down the trail in the first picture, I had to head down some streets and go through Banfield park.

 This is the exit of Banfield park onto the Galloping Goose, at the South end of the Selkirk Trestle.

 This is the view of the trail heading downtown Victoria. But I wasn't going there today.

 This is the view going across the trestle. Its good that they kept the foundations and feel of the old wooden railway bridge.

 There is some very nice art along the beginning parts of the trail. This was done under a bridge.

 There are a few learning or rest areas along the trail. This one is not bike assessable but that's perfectly fine.

 This is where it splits off. The left trail goes to Sooke and beyond to Leechtown (a ghost town). The right one goes to Sydney and the ferry terminal to Vancouver. I went right.

 This is a wooden walkway over a small lake. After this I stopped taking pictures but the path is very nice this time of year with overhanging branches and open fields.