This is not France, but it is our annual tandem bike trip nonetheless. We’ll hope for Aquitaine next year but in the meantime let’s see some Canada. There’s not that much territory in this vast country that meets our ideals for a cycling holiday. Requirements like guaranteed warm/hot and dry weather, good selection of cafés and restaurants every 10km or so, and drivers who actually give you some space on the road. However, with a small change of mindset we think what we have planned will be just fine. There are also advantages such as no bike assembly/disassembly, passports, air travel, foreign currency, and new cell phone carriers to deal with. So, with masks in hand, off we go.
We are cycling in a loop up the Sunshine Coast from Horseshoe Bay, across to Vancouver Island and south along the east coast with multiple excursions to some of the Gulf Islands. Here is a map of the route.

Bon voyage
It will be a true Canadian staycation Adventure!