Beaver Valley Section - Side Road 13A to Third Line C - Oct. 10, 2023.

Beaver Valley Section - 13.6km on main trail (and then a little more!) from roadside parking at Side Road 13 A to roadside parking at the junction of Third Line C and Side Road 22 C - October 10, 2023.


The regular group photo at the start at Side Road 13A: There are only 9 of us today; Doug (coordinator, photographer, and blogger), Grace, Nancy (photographer), Andrew, Peter, Sandra, Laura (photographer), Lesley (photographer) and Marleen.


Off we go ... weather cool, sunny breaks, some drizzle ...






Decorative backpack rain covers and an astonished Peter ...


Poignant memorial at the Epping Beaver Pond ...




















and a friendly Golden Retriever at the same place ...




















Time for our bridge picture ... 



















and one from the other end ... rain has set in by now ...



















Just after elevenses at the John Muir Lookout Andrew reveals a never seen before poncho (hardly surprising!) ... Peter astonished again ...


At the south-east corner of the BTC preserved land off the Side Road 22 allowance; glorious views ...

























Back in the woods ... 

Now in the new section of Main Trail (formerly the Siegerman Side Trail), truly beautiful ...











When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
William Blake
Lesley and Catherine will both complete the Beaver
Valley Section tomorrow... 

Dinner at the Huron Club in Collingwood (a good place!) ...


THE END



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