This was a trip I had been planning for a while, just waiting for a good day to actually do it. Barely made 100km but had to charge about 1.5 hours in Ladysmith to make it home. The plan was to spend as little time as posslble on busy roads and highways, which was achieved through the entire length of the Parkway trail as well as a bit of scouting in the Cedar area where I ended up riding an old road that was decomissioned when the Duke Point highway went in. It's a bit rough but a perfect way to parallel the highway on what appears to be a largely unused trail! I had to ride the highway for the last bit from Oyster Bay into Ladysmith but will spend more time exploring that area for possible alternatives.