Hiking with Friends

Caledon Hills Section - Chinguacousy (2.8 km) to Willoughby Rd (16.1 km) - July 27, 2023   This week the Hiking With Friends group was in the Caledon Hills section of the Bruce Trail with a hike covering 13.3 km of the Main Trail as we walked from Chinguacousy (2.8 km) to Willoughby Rd (16.1 km)    Hikers joining the hike were Frank, Barbara, Muris, Lesley (HC), Rita, Andrea, Sandra (Sweep), Nancy, Marleen and Stephen. We set off on the trail which is rerouted closing off a spectacular portion of this trail.  We'll look forward to hiking the Devils Pulpit via Dominion Street when the construction is finished and the trail reopens. The good news was much of the rerouted trail is under the tree canopy and we welcomed the shade on this hot and humid day. We were lucky the rain held off for the entire hike, although the trail was wet and slippery in spots from the rain the previous night and the mosquitoes were out. This section of Caledon Hills has some long steep hills...

  Niagara Section - Kinsmen Park (69.8 km) to Glen Road (56.6 km) - July 20, 2023. Welcome back to the adventures of Hiking With Friends!..this past week, we drove "around the horn" again, down to the beautiful Niagara region, to enjoy a hike from Kinsmen Park near Beamsville over to Glen Road, by the town of Jordan...capturing 13.2 km of the main Bruce Trail... A bird's eye view of the route which follows the distinct green band of the escarpment, dividing the lower and upper agricultural enterprises of vineyards and fruit farms that are the economic lifeblood of this region...our walk (which came in at roughly 14 km) took us exactly 4 1/2 hours and involved a modest 315 meters of climbing, fairly typical of this section...  Having dropped some cars over on Glen Road and shuttled everyone over to Kinsmen Park (where apparently if you are a famous 'kin', you get your own 'kiln'), we assemble for our (early) morning group shot...our group of eleven hikers t...