Hiking with Friends

  Toronto/Caledon Hills Sections- Winston Churchill Blvd. (42.8 km) to Chinguacousy Road (2.8 km)  - May 7, 2026 May 7, 2026 found the Hiking with Friends group braving the pleasant temperature and sunny skies to hike parts of 2 sections of the Bruce Trail, 7.5 km at the end of the Toronto Section and 2.8 km at the start of the Caledon Section for a total of 10.3 km (officially - since we side-tracked to the Badlands Area for an additional 0.5 km or so) You could feel the excitement in the air as the group gathered before shuttling off to the Chinguacousy Road start as we welcomed back Marleen and Liz!  Our HWF group today was Ken (Pics), Catherine C., Marleen, Georgia, Annette, Faryde, Ivan, Donna, Steve R. (HC), Laura, Peter, Liz T.C. and Frank L. Alone and heading into the wild blue yonder is Marleen (or is it Mary-Anne?) - keen to get started after a long absence from HWF. The group finally caught up with Marleen, and headed down the road towards the Cheltenham Badlan...

  Thursday April 30th - Iroquoia Side Trail 11 HWF hikers set off on this Iroquoia side trail adventure of 10.5km Joining the hike were Josie (photographer) FrankL, Sandra (Sweep), Frances, Laura, Renu, Rita, Barbara (HC), Nancy, Annette, and we were so happy to have Liz back on the trail with us. An out and back hike from Felkers Falls, we explored  Mountain Brow Side Trail and Red Hill Creek Side Trail as well as visited three waterfalls, Albion Falls, Buttermilk Falls and Felkers Falls.  Early start!  This group of keen hikers arrived at Felkers Falls ahead of our scheduled start time.   Trillium Jack-in-the-pulpit The forest floor Ephemeral plants are starting to grow and we caught a glimpse of some wildflowers peaking up. Above Albion Falls stands the Mill stone from the first grist mill opened at Albion Falls around 1800. This  area was one of the earliest settlements in the Hamilton region.  The spectacular Albion Falls  The Bear Meeting Pl...

                            12 hikers joined us on a glorious, sunny day - perfect for hiking from "Ground Zero"  (km 0.0) at the Southern Cairn   to Woodend Conservation Area (km 13.7). Official distance was 13.7 km - and somehow morphed into 14.7 km according to my Strava app.... We brave few were (from L-R) Laura, Peter, Nancy, Grace, Frank C., ( A. Cairn ) Rita, Annette (Pics), Diane, Doug (Pics), Barbara, Sandra and Steve R.(Pics & H/C). Diane - enjoying her first visit to the start of the BT at the Southern Cairn. The Daffodils on the Niagara Parks lawn were in full bloom. Onwards and upwards (and downwards) we went.....with a few muddy spots but generally not too bad for wet/cool spring weather we have had recently.... Ms. Laura Secord and Mr. BT Blaze are competing for space on this poor twisted tree.... Serious business this hiking.....    ...seriously careful to avoid stepping on the ...