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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Kingsville cyclist logs 16,000 kms By Mark Ribble KINGSVILLE — Kingsville’s Charlie Morgan has a passion for cycling. The retired dentist has taken his passion to new heights during the COVID-19 crisis by cycling 16,000 kilometres since February. Many of those kilometres were compiled in and around Essex County, as he completed the Essex County Way Centurion Challenge about 14 times between May 30 and September 30. The Essex County Way Centurion Challenge bike route covers 100 miles in a loop around Essex County and was designed and mapped out by Tom and Sue
Omstead, founders of the local Share The Road Essex County initiative. The loop connects all of the communities of Windsor-Essex together and provides a starting point at pretty much anywhere along the loop. More than 80 per cent of the population of Windsor-Essex lives within five kms of the EC Way 100 bike route. For Charlie Morgan, it provides a great spot to get his cycling in without the added time and stress of travel. He’s cycling until winter weather prevents him from doing so. “As long as the weather behaves, I’ll be out there, but not near the distance
Charlie Morgan bikes along the Windsor riverfront recently. The Kingsville cyclist has biked over 16,000 kms since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I’ve been cycling.” To put 16,000 in perspective, that’s equivalent to almost twice the width of Canada itself, which is roughly 9,000 kms wide. The Great Trail of Canada stretches from Vancouver to Newfoundland, winding through every province and covers 27,000 kms from coast to coast. Morgan belongs to a local cycling group called The Banded Goose Cycling Club, which has about 25 members and is sponsored by The Banded Goose Brewery. The club consists of recreational riders and more competitive riders, such as Morgan. They cycle twice a week in organized fashion and Morgan gets out on a regular basis. Banded Goose owner Trevor Loop actually created a beer in honour of the cycling group, calling it Spoke 8.4 Amber Lager. The Spoke 8.4 refers to the 8.4 kilometres distance between Leamington’s Sherk Centre and the town of Kingsville — a popular route for local cycling enthusiasts. With the 16,000 under his belt, Charlie Morgan has no intention of stopping, even if COVID has taken a bite out of his plans. “Provided we’re free from this COVID by next spring, I have some plans to cy-
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cle overseas,” he said. He has a 33-day bike ride planned in April 2021 where he will ride from Marrakesh, Morocco, and travel across Spain and Portugal. Then as a chaser, he plans to follow that up with a trip across the Canadian Rockies in May. For now, he’ll be cycling within Ontario, as the fall weather turns to winter and cycling opportunities begin to decline, but as the kilometres add up, Charlie Morgan is showing no signs of slowing down.
Leamington-to-Windsor transit resuming cash-only fares LEAMINGTON — On Monday October 19, the Leamington to Windsor (LTW) Transit service will return to front-door boarding and begin cash-only fare collection. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LTW passengers have been riding free and boarding the bus through the rear door since the service resumed in September. Exact cash-only fare collection will begin Monday, October 19. Fares for the service are $10 for a one-way trip or $15 for a round-trip (same day only). The LTW transit drivers do not carry cash, cannot make change and overpayments are not reimbursed. Leamington municipal facilities remain closed to the public, except for by appointment-only, and therefore transit cards cannot be purchased or reloaded at this time.
Protective barriers are being installed to ensure employee safety while maintaining sightlines and visibility for drivers. Passengers will be asked to follow a one-way flow, boarding through the front of the vehicle and exiting through the rear doors. Exceptions will be made, enabling customers with mobility issues to exit through the front of the bus. Following the best advice of public health experts, the mandatory mask policy will remain in effect indefinitely and capacity limitations will continue to allow for physical distancing on board. It is mandatory for LTW passengers to wear a non-medical mask on the bus. Exemptions will be for children under the age of two and persons with disabilities or medical conditions that prevent a person from wearing a face mask.
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