Activity Group News
Our group visited the Royston Trail in the vicinity of the Royston Wrecks. It was a fine day, but it was a bit chilly right close to the Wrecks. We had to look hard to find interesting pictures but the search was rewarded with some excellent photo opportunities.
The Photographers were: Katie Hubberstey, Bob Ell, Patti Spearman, Mike Oakley, Michael Krugel, Lorne Meyer and Bill Jorgensen.
Our Photo Group had the January monthly meeting to share our images and discuss all things about photography. The image sharing saw an excellent variety of pictures showcasing the monthly theme of seasonal as well as pics from our outing to the Airforce Museum. The theme for this month is H2O. Anything with water.
Photo submissions from: Dianna Colnett Katie Hubberstey, Ian Thompson, Michael Krugel, Peter Kendall, Ian Guthrie, Robin Harrison, Bob Ell and Bill Jorgensen
Today's sunny (albeit a bit foggy) weather brought out a bumper crop of walkers.
The forecast for Saturday was a good one and didn’t disappoint! For such a nice day, we scheduled a birding jaunt down to Deep Bay and the Ship’s Point area.
Today's walk was through a section of Wildwood Forest.
On a cold but sunny day, the Hour Ramblers enjoyed a meander through the Filberg and Mack Laing Parks in Comox, followed by a debrief at the Benino Cafe.
The Birding Group celebrated New Years Day with an outing at the Courtenay Airpark.
Today's walk began at Seal Bay Park's Elmo Rd trailhead (where Mitchell Rd curves onto Elmo Rd).
Our Photo Group were able to take advantage of a rare window of lovely evening weather to photograph the Christmas Lights on Candy Cane Lane The street was decorated with a wonderful display of lights and interesting arrangements. The photography was challenging with low light, high contrast, and busy backgrounds. Our photographers had to be innovative to create our images.
Photographers Patti Spearman, Ian Guthrie. Dianna Colnett, Katie Hubberstey, Mike Oakley, Bill Jorgensen, and Peter Kendall.
The Hour Ramblers saw plenty of puddling along the Seal and Coupland trail loops during their Monday walk.
Our bird outing on a dull Thursday morning took in our Little River Ferry loop.
On a drizzly, rather windy Monday afternoon, the Ramblers made a circuit through neighbourhood streets and pathways and through Lerwick Forest.
Monday's walk was a there-and-back one, from Courtenay Airpark southwards to a short distance past Millard Lookout.
The day was dull and threatening rain, but some of our group got out anyway and quite enjoyed their Seal Bay walk, starting with the Barbara Road Greenway off Willis Way.
Our Photo Group held our November meeting to share our photos and formulate next month's photo plan. We had 8 members present to review the results of our November theme of "Weather". It was a very lively meeting with a lot of entertaining discussion.
A very pleasant Tuesday morning found the Bird Group wandering along the Courtenay Airpark loop, checking for birdlife.
The trailhead for our day's walk was the Barber's Hole parking lot at Nymph Falls Park.
Our walk today took us along the Brooklyn Creek trail from Noel Avenue to Mack Laing Park and back.
The Birders had a very successful Saturday afternoon along the Royston shoreline, sighting lots of birds as we moved northwards along the length of Marine Drive before checking the waters/shores at the end of Hilton Drive and along the Seaside Trail.
Today, we walked a loop at CFB Comox starting from a different trailhead.
Our phot group met for our October Image Review meeting. This month's topic was left up to the individual photographer to decide. We were entertained by a wide variety of Images that reflected the tastes of the members.
Contributing Photographes were: Katie Hubberstey, Ian Guthrie, Patti Spearman, Ian Thompson, Michael Krugel, Lorne Meyer, Bill Jorgensen, Bob Ell, Robin Harrison and Lynne Ray.
On October 2, Alan and Elaine Brown hosted a Wine & Appies event at their home.
Thursday found the Birding group at Little River Nature Park on Wilkinson Road.
Our photo group found a good weather day to visit the Puntledge River Hatchery. The venue was very interesting but also very challenging photographically. We also went for a photo walk at Puntledge Park and the spawning channels.
Photographers for the day were: Bill Jorgensen, Katie Hubberstey, Lorne Meyer, Robin Harrison, Ian Guthrie, Patti Spearman, and Michael Krugel
On a sunny, warm Monday, the Ramblers were to be found in the Point Holmes area, enjoying a companiable walk looping through the rural neighbourhood. The outing was especially appreciated as a "lull between the storms".
Starting from the new parking lot at the intersection of Brent and Lazo Roads, the Hour Ramblers walked a loop which included the Lazo Marsh Bird Lookout, the Lazo Marsh-Beaver Lookout trail, Curtis Rd (with a brief stop at the beach) and Brent Road.
Our Photo Group held our monthly meeting on the last Wednesday of September. 9 members attended and all summited 5 images for the group to enjoy. Our theme for the month was "Early Fall". We set up our October field trip. Weather depending, we will photograph a sunrise from Point Holmes or visit the Fish Hatchery on the Puntledge River.
The Photo Group went up to Mount Washington for a photo walk around Paradise Meadows. We enjoyed doing both loops while taking picture all along the boardwalk. The weather was warm & sunny. We could not have asked for a nicer September day. We had 7 members and one member's spouse on the trip.
Photographers include: Patti Spearman, Lorne Meyer, Katie Hubberstey, Robin Harrison, Bill Jorgensen, Mike Oakley and Michael Krugel.
Early in September eighteen members of the Bike Group spent four glorious days exploring Mayne and Salt Spring islands, Sidney and the Saanichton area via the beautiful Lochside trail....
The Birders held their first outing of the Season at the Courtenay Airpark, which seems to have become a tradition for our Group.
Today's walk started at the Tsolum Spirit Park, off Tsolum River Road.
Some of our Hour Ramblers celebrated Labour Day with a walk around the Nymph Falls Nature Park.
The Photo Group held their monthly meeting on the 27th of August 2025. We had eleven members attend. We reviewed a selection of images from each of the photographers. In addition we welcomed a new member, Michael Krugel.
Photos were submitted by: Katie Hubberstey, Bob Ell, Ian Thompson, Ian Guthrie, Pete Kendell, Lorne Meyer, Bill Jorgensen, Patti Spearman, Mike Oakley, and Robin Harrison.
Another first for our group walk today - a half hour in/half hour out ramble through the woods alongside the Oyster River and northwards on the shoreline path from the river mouth.
The Hour Ramblers tested a new Seal Bay Park trail choice today.
Our Photo Group spent an Awesome day at the Coombs Rodeo. There was all the flavour of a full scale Rodeo with lots of interesting people and excellent action. The participants put on a great show of daring, skill and determination. The clear winner of the event was the Bulls. By the time we left no one had a successful 8 seconds on a Bull.
The photographers include: Bob Ell, Lorne Meyer, Ian Guthrie, Dianna Guthrie, Mike Oakley, Bill Jorgensen and Katie Hubberstey.
The day's walk started on Burns Road, near the Dove Creek Community Hall.
Our Photo Group met to share pictures and talk photography. We made plans for a couple of Field Trips and decided on an open theme for the month of August. We had nine members in attendance.
Pics are by Bill Jorgensen, Katie Hubberstey, Robin Harrison, Ian Thompson, Lorne Meyer, Bob Ell, Patti Spearman, Ian Guthrie, and our newest member Mike Oakley.
Today, our walk began at the Seal Bay Hardy Rd parking lot.
Our walk today was a ramble from Noel Ave, down the Brooklyn Creek trail to Mack Laing Park and then back again.
The day's walk was a half-hour in, half-hour out ramble along the Wildwood Forest trail system, starting at the Piercy Rd trailhead.
A second Hour Rambler walk was offered this week to take advantage of a beautiful day with a meander around Mt Washington's Paradise Meadows boardwalk.
Our day's Seal Bay Park walk began at the junction of Mitchell and Elmo Roads (reached via Huband Rd)
Our Photo Group met to review our photo submissions for the month. We also discussed future photo field trips as well as favourite photography genres.
Our walk today was from Lazo Rd to the beach off Curtis Rd.
The first outing for the Paddle boarding and Kayaking group.
Our Rambler Walk took us to the Filberg Lodge and Mack Laing Parks in Comox.
The walk today was a first for us as we explored a new trail loop from Seal Bay's Park Bates Road parking lot.