Hiking with Friends

Dufferin Hi-Land Section - Lavender Hill Rd Cemetery (55.5 km) to Intersection of Prince of Wales Drive and S/R 20 (41.7 km) - Oct. 26, 2023.  Hiking With Friends visited the Dufferin 4 Section of the Bruce Trail this week. Starting from the Lavender Hill Cemetery (54.9) on Mulmer-Nattawasaga Townline we turned southward walking to the intersection of Prince of Wales Drive and Side Road 20 (40.7) for a total of 14.20 km on The Bruce.  On a rainy day 15 persons decided to join the hike - Andrew (photographer), Liz, Frank, Nancy, Andrea, Peter, Laura, Annette (H.C.), Lesley, Marleen, Ron, Steve R., Sandra (sweep), Muris, and Catherine.  We were missing a few familiar faces on the trail as some were ill and some are travelling. Hope to see you all soon.  Greeting our Friends as we organize car shuttling.  Dark skies.  Our 3 hour and 40 minute journey had a modest 296 m elevation gain. We started with a few km of road walking and then roadside walking as we followed Black Bank creek south,

  Dufferin Hi-land Section - Hwy 89 & Hurontario St. (14.3 km) to Mono Centre Park (0.0 km) - Oct. 19, 2023. Our Hiking With Friends adventure this week took place in the Dufferin Hi-land Section of the Bruce Trail where we plotted a course from the roadside parking on Hurontario Street just south of Hwy 89, southward to the Mono Centre Park (effectively the start of this section), a main trail distance of 14.3 km (with access and side trips, it amounted to about 15.5 km in total)... This 4 hour and 40 minute journey, involving a modest 320 meters of climbing, through pastoral farmland and Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, will prove to be one of our most delightful hikes of the year...combining superb weather conditions, a mostly smooth trail underfoot, and all the terrific elements that come together and make a very memorable day...I hope my (new!) phone camera, along with other photo contributors, will do it justice... ...and how's this view for an opening scene?..we drop some ca