January 7th 2020 Skiing on Mont Royal

 

 

The morning of Monday January 07 2019 was cloud-free and minus three. About 2 centimeters of fluffy snow which had fallen during the night made everything look alright.

Daisy Greville took the 90 bus from her abode, changed to the metro at Atwater and picked up the 165 at Guy. Entered Mount Royal where there are the new steps at the corner of Cedar and Cote-Des Neiges. A brief climb got her to the ski trail leading to Maison Smith. The trail was tracked and the glide was fast. Daisy was very pleased with herself and with the STM to see that it was 0945 when she arrived at the Maison.

A.T. Lane and W.G Ross arrived after a while. They used human energy all the way from home. They had also opted not to bring skis, thinking the snow coverage would not be adequate

Over coffee they talked of many things- the history of the bicycle, books on bikes, the hat and silver medallion worn my members of of the old Montreal Bicycle Club. 

The photo was taken and Daisy said adieu and skied off up in the direction of the Chalet.. A.T. Lane was going to walk over to Park Avenue and Louis-Louis planned to walk back down to the city by the same route he took to get up to the Mountain.

A little later,skiing along on the trail beside Chemin Olmstead, Daisy glided past A T Lane on his mission to Park Avenue. Shortly after that she turned of on the appropriately-named  Serpentin  which was safely skiable, and got her to the corner of Pine and Peel-- and behold- a 144 came along in five minutes.

Happy to report on a very satisfying fixture.

Betty O'Connor aka Daisy