Hiking with Friends

Sydenham Section -  Series #2 - September 24-26, 2024. Day 1:  Sydenham Section #1 - Blantyre (0.0 km) to Holland-Sydenham Townline & County Rd. 29 (10.5 km) - Sept. 24, 2024. Seven of us met for today's hike. Josie (photographer and hiding shyly in the background), Andrea, Muris (photographer), Rita, Grace, Andrew and Doug (HC and photographer).  A short and easy hike, through woods and fields, we met at 10am and did not start hiking until close to 10:30.  Rain was forecast but, miraculously while it rained elsewhere close by, the day stayed dry for us throughout the hike.  Shortly after we set off, we missed a turn and had to backtrack half a kilometre.  I had been leading.  Ouch! By the time we got here, we were already off-piste! Colour coordination is our new dress code ... Abandoned homestead, group photo with nobody paying attention, photo of a bridge sign but no bridge-photo, navigating a slippery boardwalk ... Poignant relic ... whatever h...

  Sydenham Section - Series #1 - September 10 to September 12, 2024.          ---------------------------- Day One - Bognor Marsh (27 km) to St. Vincent/Sydenham Townline (41.7 km) - Sept. 10, 2024. Hiking With Friends was back up north in the longest of the nine Bruce Trail sections, Sydenham, for the first in a series of three, 3 day fall hike sessions, as some of the group move ever closer to their coveted E2E achievement, and others just enjoy returning to appreciate the beauty and challenge that this great area offers. It's the first day, and the first time for some, on the Sydenham Section that winds its way starting in Blantyre, up to near the shores of Georgian Bay, and ends in Wiarton. Today, you find us at the start of our adventure at Bognor Marsh Management Area, a spectacular 668 hectare multi use preserve in Grey County that encompasses escarpment upland forests, a Ducks Unlimited dam, Bruce Trail access (kinda of a key component for us), seve...