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Discover Gabriola with the Lynch Group Blog

Our Discover Gabriola blog features what we think is the best of Gabriola Island, sights, experiences, what’s happening, and a bit about our daily lives in the community!

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Running on Gabriola

View from our Berry Point Rd. on Gabriola On Wednesday morning, we usually head out to Berry Point Road and meet the rest of the GRUNTS (Yes, the runners under ninety) and go for an 8km run.  I missed the run this morning, but it is one of my favourite things about Gabriola.  We park by […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on February 26, 2014

Our Company is turning 30 this year and we’re celebrating!

Coast Realty’s celebrating 30 years in business! We are proud to work for a local company that has been in business serving clients for 30 years.  There are approximately 200 people that work under the Coast Realty umbrella, the largest independent company operating on Vancouver Island.   We work with an amazing group of people, and we’ve […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on February 16, 2014

Valentines on Gabriola, it’s a special treat!

LOVE squared. Mending the Heart – Tina Lynch Special Delivery – Tina Lynch  It opens tonight, the perfect place to treat your self on Valentines !  Walk in the door of Sheila Norgate’s “Keep Calm” gallery and set your eyes on 76 square feet of local art created by 50 artists.  The studio will […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on February 14, 2014

Valentines on Gabriola, it’s a special treat!

LOVE squared. Mending the Heart – Tina Lynch Special Delivery – Tina Lynch  It opens tonight, the perfect place to treat your self on Valentines !  Walk in the door of Sheila Norgate’s “Keep Calm” gallery and set your eyes on 76 square feet of local art created by 50 artists.  The studio will […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on February 14, 2014

An Artistic Journey.

LIFEBOOK 2014 There are 7 of us from Gabriola signed up on a year long online art course.  There are 22 teachers from all over the world, weekly lessons, bonus lessons, pdf’s, warm ups and so much more going on. I’m really excited about learning a variety of mixed media art techniques, trying out different mediums […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on January 13, 2014

Hockey Day in Canada (well, the Gabriola Library actually)

I’m always amazed at the number of great things going on at the Gabriola Branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library.  They have a great afternoon lined up on Sat, Jan 18 from 2:30-4:30 to celebrate Hockey Day in Canada.  They are bringing over members of the Clippers Hockey team to read from their favourite […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on January 10, 2014

GABRIOLA. A simple little card to make island living easier

HAPPY NEW YEARS!   It’s here, a way to make island living a little easier.  We (the Lynch group) worked with a local designer (Nina from Paprika Designs) to come up with a card that islanders can put on their fridge, have in their office or keep in their car.  It’s a 6 month design that […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on January 07, 2014

Movie night at the Library

It’s movie night tonight (Wed, Oct. 16) at the Gabriola branch of the Vancouver Island Library,  in the Folklife Village.  They will be playing ET at 6pm, get out the kleenex and pull up a seat.

Posted by Jamie Penner on October 16, 2013

Adventure Racing!

Here we are at the finish line of our first MOMAR!    My neighbour, Vanessa, and I have spent a fair amount of time in the trails on Gabriola training for various athletic events.  First on our list was the Ride to Conquer Cancer, after that we thought we’d try a triathlon which we completed at Shawnigan Lake […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on September 25, 2013

Gertie- Gabriola’s community bus.

We were lucky enough to have been near the bus stop last week when Gertie (Gabriola’s Environmentally Responsible Transport for Islanders Express) pulled up and was en route to the ferry.  The kids and I hopped on and took our first ride in Gabriola’s community bus.  It’s a great service, we currently have 2 buses running […]

Posted by Jamie Penner on July 04, 2013