Tag Archives: bicycling

GPS Art for Art’s Sake

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Stephen

Since I started using my Garmin, my bike and a map of Victoria to make GPS doodles, I’ve generally referred to myself as a ‘Strava artist’. But ever since February, when an online observer pointed out that “it’s ‘GPS-tracking art’, not … Continue reading →

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Victoria in Victoria on Victoria Day

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Stephen

Today is Victoria Day – a Canadian holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25 in honour of Queen Victoria’s birthday. And I live in Victoria, British Columbia – a city named after Queen Victoria. It was only fitting, then, that I dedicate … Continue reading →

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Birthday wishes for F.I.L.

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Stephen

Today – May 16 – is my father-in-law’s birthday. And while it’s probably a stretch to say he got the best son-in-law he could possibly imagine, he’s definitely getting the best birthday-gift-from-a-son-in-law he could possibly imagine: bike-written birthday wishes! I doodled the … Continue reading →

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On Her Majesty’s Strava-doodling Service

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Stephen

A GPS portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Doodled by a loyal subject and citizen of the Commonwealth. On a bicycle built in the Commonwealth realms. In a city named for her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. … Continue reading →

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One for the birthday girl

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Stephen

It was my wife’s birthday on Monday. And much to her delight, she got the very thing every wife of a Strava doodler hopes to get for her birthday: a Strava doodle designed and pedalled just for her! While the city … Continue reading →

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The miles on the other side of the artwork

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Stephen

Some of my Strava art pieces are one continuous line from beginning to end. Others – like the T. rex I doodled this morning – require varying degrees of what I call “connecting the dots.” Where the roads don’t go … Continue reading →

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Sea serpent sighted in Victoria waters

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Stephen

The Okanagan Valley has Ogopogo. Québec’s Lake Memphremagog has Memphre. And Scotland has Nessie – the Monster of Loch Ness. Not to be outdone, Crescent Lake (Newfoundland) has ‘Cressie’. Lake Tahoe (California) has ‘Tahoe Tessie’. Lake Erie (Ohio) has ‘South Bay Bessie’. … Continue reading →

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Fine dining in James Bay

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Stephen

Perched on Victoria’s southwest corner due north across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Port Angeles, WA, James Bay is North America’s oldest West Coast neighbourhood north of San Francisco. And by the look of things, it has an ant problem! … Continue reading →

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If at first you don’t succeed…

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Stephen

…try, try again. Though I wasn’t all that thrilled to go out and retrace many of the same roads that made up yesterday’s “almost” armadillo, I was eager and determined to right yesterday’s wrongs. Also it was Friday afternoon, and this provided the perfect … Continue reading →

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