I recently joined a men's talk group. We meet every two weeks or so. There have been three sessions so far and it's been really nice. It's a good, safe space to talk about our feelings. I'm meeting a lot of nice guys, too. Whether they'll turn into friendships, I don't know. It'd be nice, since I really have any non-online guys friends.
Anyway, one of them not only happens to live in Dartmouth, but also often commutes by bike. At the end of the last session, we biked back across the bridge together. At the end of the last session, he suggested we could go for a bike ride together sometime. I was totally down for that.
And we did exactly that today, on my day off. We biked about 50 km total, going along the Shearwater Flyer Trail and the Salt Marsh Trail before turning around. He had an e-bike, but I was able to keep up with him the whole time. We biked at an average of around 20 km an hour.
So yeah, great biking adventure and hanging out with a new possible friend. I'd call that a win.
On top of that, the men's group is talking about doing some kind of hiking outing, ending at a campfire to sit around and talk about our feelings. I've never really gone hiking before, but I'm interested in the idea of it.