Standing in a parking lot at 11:50 on a Friday night, doing the last-minute kit and body checks, the nervous triple checking of bottles in cages, catching up with like-minded psychopaths, er…enthusiasts, and looking to the darkened sky for divine inspiration on rain, fog or wind.  It’s something we only get a chance to do once […]

Saturday, June 14th Saturday’s ride to Hubbards and back was lovely in so many ways! A trio of us set out from the rotary after a brief chat with another group gathering to do the Peggy’s Cove loop.. After conquering the first warm-up grind up the hill, we encountered mercifully light winds and surprisingly little […]

Somewhere out there, exists a place where weekend brevets are run in dry conditions. That place is not Nova Scotia. Once again, a small but dedicated group of individuals gathered at the appointed place and appointed time to take on a grey and troubling sky for a day of riding.  This time it was John, […]

Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 A local starting point and rumours of fair winds and warmer temps brought a few more folks out this weekend.  It was a day for the books, for sure.  While John, Volker, Ron and Alan arrived at Grahams Grove in foggy conditions, we were optimistic that skies would clear and layers […]

Thanks to Shauna Archibald for this weekend’s ride report! It was under the gray skies and low single digit temperatures of April 12th that a small but mighty group from Randonneurs Nova Scotia gathered at the Armdale Roundabout to kick off the 2025 season. At a distance of 80km on well-traveled HRM roads, this first […]