Sat, Jun 18 2011 - Bruce Trail end-to-end: Blantyre to Spey River (View Original Event Details)
| Event Coordinator(s): |  |
Alison
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| Participants: | | Nattha, Erfan, Tricia, Jun, Pia, Alison, Mairy, Mark Tiley, kytai |
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| Drivers: Alison, Mark - many thanks! |
| Donations: $10.75 |
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| The first hike along the Sydenham section was held on a
lovely, sunny, late-spring/early-summer day. Nine hikers braved the
two-and-a-half hour drive from Toronto to explore this relatively
untravelled part of the Bruce Trail. The first hundred yards or so
were a bit daunting - the trail entry point, a stile behind a
farmhouse, was severly overgrown, to the point where we wondered if
the twenty-two kilometres were going to be passable! After we climbed
over the stile and fought through the line of defensive trees, things
opened up and improved dramatically. The trail wandered alongside
fields, through mature woods, around Walters Falls at the village of
the same name, and along country roads. A final short, sharp climb up
the escarpment edge, followed by a couple of kilometres through cedar
bush and alongside fields led us back to the end point, where the main
group were able to rest their weary feet while the drivers scooted
back to the hike start to fetch the other vehicle. Everyone enjoyed a
well-deserved stop for burgers, fries and shakes at Champ Burgers, and
we still arrived back in Toronto in daylight, thanks to the long
twilight at this time of year. |
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