We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am
On the Saturday hike last week we drove up over the top of the island, where we found ourselves in steady rain and with poor visibility, and continued down the Cook Bay Road in search of drier conditions. As we approached the gate that marks the start of the private land we were well below the cloud and beyond the rain shower so decided to hike from there. Taking the side road that ends at the cottage at the far south end of Shingle Beach and after chatting to the owner who was busy with repairs to his gate we eventually reached the pleasant grassy bluffs close to the water and had lunch there.
The abundant foxgloves that cover many recent logging areas and roadsides all over the island are well into their flowering season. They seem to have benefited from the extra rainfall this year and I was surprised to find one patch this week that had quite a number with the curious 'terminal flower' mutation. My photo is a closeup of one of these quite striking oddities.
The curious terminal flower on the top of a Foxglove spike.
To view older hike emails and photos go to: http://www.gilliesbay.ca/ and then click on the tab "Texada Trekkers".
JD.
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