Film night at UVic

Cinecenta is showing an evening of moutaineering films on June 16th. They promise a "exhilarating and inspiring cinematic adventure". Sounds like a Club Mud event to me!!

It's a good idea to buy your tickets ahead of time.

http://mountainclubs.org/the-vancouver-international-best-of-the-fest-tour-comes-to-victoria/

Mount Galiano

Hey everyone, we’re planning A hike up Mount Galiano on Saturday, May 28.  We catch the ferry to Sturdies Bay on Galiano Island at 9:35 AM Sat, and after we arrive we’ll head up to the base of Mt Galiano. Give yourself plenty of time to catch that ferry, as there are very few trips to and from Galiano, and it might be busy. Carpooling is a really good idea to save money. Lets all make contact and arrange ride sharing.

Tracy and I plan on staying the night in the lovely Montague Harbour Provincial Park (we have reservations for a campsite that can accommodate two more if anyone would like to join us), but for those who don’t want to spend the night they can leave on the 5:20 PM ferry back to Swartz Bay. If we have time we can visit the Hummingbird pub as well.

Sunday April 24: Sugarloaf Mountain

Gary has planned the April 24 hike. Here's the info that he sent:

Meet at Serious Coffee near Mayfair Mall at 9am.

(3075D Douglas Street - Douglas at Finlayson, in the Van City building.)

Leave the coffee shop at 10am with plans to be at the parking lot by 10:30am.

The hike is up Sugarloaf Mountain The parking lot is towards Sooke but before Kangaroo Road. Park at the mail boxes just after the 4 lanes go to 2 lanes heading towards Sooke. 

Here is a link where people can find more information:
https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=sugarloaf+mountain+sooke.

Bring a lunch or something to eat.

Be prepared, the hike can be easy or hard depending on what you read on the Internet.

Sunday, March 20 at Royal Roads

WHEN: Sunday, March 20 (8:00 for coffee, 9:00 for hiking)

WHERE: Royal Roads University. Click here for the map.

NEW COFFEE SHOP:
I googled: "Coffee shops in Colwood that Devon will like". The first shop on the list:
Pilgrim Coffee House - 105-1910 Sooke Rd (across from Colwood Corners).
Click here for their website.

Looks good to me!! See you there.

Sunday, Feb 21 - Mystic - Change of meeting place

Apparently the Serious Coffee at Westshore has closed (thanks to Quentin for the heads-up).

To keep things simple, let's meet at the View Royal Serious Coffee (near the Casino).

Their address is 1701b Old Island Highway.  Click here for the map.

Please send me a note if you plan to hike on Sunday. We don't want to leave without you.

Sunday, Feb 21 - Mystic and Sandcut

Sunday morning: Let's meet at Serious/Westshore - the early birds around 8.

We should head out around 8:30 - it's a long drive.
Please send me a note if you plan to come so that we don't miss anybody.

Make sure you bring rain gear and a good lunch.

On the way back we can check out the waterfall at Sandcut. It should be in fine form.

A little different; an ask and an idea

First of all, I'm hoping people can sign this AVAAZ petition I've started.

My petition on foreign aid.

In a nutshell, it's asking the feds to finally start working towards fulfilling a 50-year old promise to the world to dedicate 0.7% of GDP to foreign aid. Currently we are at 0.24% which is almost the worst in the developed world. Even little Ireland spends more, and most G7 countries have reached or are close to that target. Canada has long abdicated responsibility to the world, and this is just one critical way we need to re-engage. The specific details and lots more info are in the petition.  


 I'd also like to suggest something different this spring: lets do Mt. Galiano in May. We can all carpool and take the ferry over, hike the mountain and then spend the rest of the trip on the beach at Montegue harbour having lunch etc. The climb isn't that long, about an hour to the top, but the first half is a bit of a killer, than it gets a lot easier. The views are wonderfully stunning at the top, as well as warm and sunny.

If the weather isn't good we can postpone till June; you really want sunshine to enjoy the beauty of the top. We can decide on a second choice before then.

Nathaniel