Hiking with Friends

Toronto Section - Appleby Line (0.0 km) to Pear Tree Park (11.4 km) - June 12, 2025. On a beautiful day in June, My good friends gave to me, A hike from Appleby Line, To the Pear Tree... Hiking With Friends was local this week before heading up north next week for the last of our 3 day spring series trips...our "true love" of the Bruce Trail continues... What we didn't love so much was the closed gate at the Hilton Falls Conservation Area parking lot when we arrived...the matter was resolved and after instructions from our Hike Coordinator, we gathered for our group photo at the start...there are 19 "hikers hiking" today including myself, Frank L, Armin (new hiker, welcome!), Barbara, Muris, Steve R, Brian, Ivan, Annette, Faryde, Renu, Diane, Doug, Ron B, Marleen, Lesley (H.C), Rita, Andrea, and Frank...  Well, as is often the case, there is the start (where we parked) and the actual start on the main trail, which today was accessed by a short walk from the cons...

  Sydenham Section - Series #2 - June 3-5, 2025. ----------------------------------- Day One -  Blantyre (0.0 km) to 1st Concession S. (10.5 km) - June 3, 2025. A beautiful day, a modest 10.5 km hike (according to the BTC app). Even before we set off many of our hikers took no chances with mosquitoes and black flies ... from the left, Renu, Laura, Nancy, Peter, Lesley, Catherine, Faryde, and trying her best to be anonymous, Donna. The official start photo ... Andrew (photos), Domenic, Peter, Laura, Renu, Nancy, Catherine C., Barbara, Ivan (photos), Doug (HC & photos), Frank C., Lesley (photos), Sandra (sweep), Marion, Faryde and, still anonymous, Donna (photos). Off we went, full of vim, at the start of the Sydenham Section.  We had hardly started when Doug, in the lead and chatting happily to Andrew, missed the turn to the right and took us a few hundred meters up the track before Andrew realized that we were off-piste.  Zut!  The Rocklyn Creek Bridge. Dom ...