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This was our last day and it was too cool for the beach we just walked around town and did some shopping. Had lunch at the Loose Caboose.
We drove he golf cart down the path to see the old lighthouse. Great picture location. Then we went all the way to the end of island, called South Beach. It is a nature preserve, beach and lighthouse museum. All very cool. We walked around at the beach, went through the museum and then...
Limehouse = 673km
Milton Heights Campground.
A bit of slow start today as we packed up all our gear to relocate again. Weather was a bit misty again but not as cold as the past few...
Forks of Credit = 632km
Forks of Credit
Very frosty morning when got up temperature was 2C but felt like 0C with the chill factor. Lots of white frosty ground.
The first 3.5km...
Glen Haffy Road = 609km
Hockley Valley
Stormy night last night with howling winds knocked out the power to the area. Was also very cold this morning 3C felt like 0C according to the...
4th Line EHS = 591km
Hockey Valley
Finally we get the weather we expected for this journey. It was cold and raining with a bitter wind blowing. For the first time this trip we both...
Granger = 564km
Mono Hills
Today was the day that this whole trip was about, we walked the section of the Bruce Trail that is Friendship twinned with our Bibbulmun track in WA. The...
1st Line Car Park = 545km
Peace Valley Ranch, Mulmur.
Overnight temperatures dropped a little and we started off the day at 19C and it just got cooler from there, fabulous walking...
Lavender Hill = 518km
Peace Valley Ranch, Mulmur.
It’s time to move on sadly as we kind of fell in love with 21 North B&B. Our host Jean-Claude was really good company and took...
Nottawasaga Bluffs = 497km
The Blue Mountains
Today was our last day pack hike out of Thornbury, Beaver Valley & The Blue Mountains. It has been 7 days of just superb hiking. Our...
Pretty River = 472km
Blue Mountains
Another warm 21C to start our day, totally unseasonal weather so we’re told.
Today we left the Beaver valley and moved into the Blue...
Loree Forrest = 449km (Passed half way).
Beaver Valley
Another warm night leading to another HOT day. It was 21C at 7.30am when we started walking.
We started out almost...
Metcalf Rock Car park = 424km
Beaver Valley
Another warm night with yet another warm dry day forecast. This meant the trail was once again in almost prisctine condition and fabulous...
Campbell’s Hill = 399km
Thornabury, Beaver Valley
Wow, Wow, Wow what a difference a day makes. It was warm and dry overnight and we woke up to a magical day.
We dropped our...
Graham’s Hill = 379km
Beaver Valley
It rained again overnight and we woke up to another very misty morning over the whole Beaver Valley. Our Host Jean-Claude made us a fabulous...
John Muir Lookout Epping = 359km
Beaver Valley.
After a very humid night we were thankfully very dry in our little shelter in the woods and no critters large or small had tried to...
Ambrose Campsite = 336km
Whoop Whoop Nowhere Ontario, Canada.
Woke up this morning and it was raining, What the hell happened to our good weather? There was thunder & lightening...
Bighead River = 319km
Owen Sound
Got to meet 2 new guests at the B&B for breakfast, they are also hiking the Bruce Trail but are up from Toronto for a couple of days. They are...
Woodford Escarpment = 296km
Owen Sound
It was a warm and muggy night last night, who would have believed it at this time of year in Canada.
Once again we were ferried to our...
Sydenham Forest East = 266 km
Owen Sound
I just can’t believe this weather we are having, woke up to yet another balmy Autumn morning of 16C with not a cloud in the sky. Another...
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Inglis Falls = 242km
Owen Sound
We woke up to find the weather gods were still smiling on us with a beautiful cool dry, overcast day. The temperature did ramp up to 22C by midday and...
A day of differents!
September 13
Crabby Cabby fronted up nice and early to get us back to today's drop off point. The B & B people were up with coffee. But we...
Bliss bliss bliss
September 12
Put simply a beautiful day!
Crabby Cabby took us out to our digs for tonight so we could drop our big packs off at...
Bliss bliss bliss
September 12
Put simply a beautiful day!
Crabby Cabby took us out to our digs for tonight so we could drop our big packs off at...
Gordon Sutherland Parkway = 221km
Owen Sound
Our taxi arrived early at 6.20am while we were still finishing breakfast. We were chatting to our host Mark who had just returned from a...
Lundy Lane = 202km
Another day and time to move location but this time only 8km out of town. We should have been here in the first place but I muffed up and could not change it. Taxi...
Bruce Caves = 173km
A 6.30am pick up by The Crabby Cabby to run us back out to Crawford Dr. After a 10km hike along the escarpment on a fabulous cool & dry morning we came to the old...
Restful walk day
September 11
Today was always planned to be a short day and we extended it for a bit so we went into and out of Wiarton up to the Bruce Caves. We...
Surrounded with beauty and challenges
September 10
No bear sightings :( and our stuff hung in the trees wasn't touched, so warm the clothes in the sleeping bag...
Crawford Drive (pick up) = 153.1km
After a cold and damp, as in dew, night we were thankful that we had our new -10C sleeping bags. Very grateful that we had a clear dry night. The weather...
More pics to yesterdays beautiful trail
Another enchanted day
September 9
Weather forecast is sun and fine for the next few days albeit very cold. Leaving at around 5 degrees heating to around 14 during...
Cape Croker Park = 132.7km
We had dinner last night with a couple of ladies, Elizabeth & Robin who are also doing the E2E but a couple of days behind us. They are doing their journey...
This blog site ony allows for 10 pics. Feeling robbed so adding another page with pics only for yesterday.
A saunter down the road
September 8
Managed to get our host to feed us breakfast at 6 and at 6:30 drive us to today's launch point to walk back to Lion Head. We...
Cape Dundas = 111.5km
Our hosts Doug & Marlene laid out some fabulous Quiche and Zucchini Fritters with a couple of slices of Ham for me for our Brekky as we planned an early start. Up...
Lion’s Head = 83.3km
Had a fabulous night's sleep in the highest bed I have slept in. I barely managed to touch my feet on the floor with my Butt just clinging precariously on the edge. The...
Simply stunning beauty and a beautiful walk
September 7
We said goodbye to our hosts at Cape Chin after an awesome and yummy cooked breakfast. I highly recommend...
Gentle 'rest' day
September 6
Today's walk is only 14kms and it was so blissful. My knee was really painful in the night so Hedley rock taped it this morning and I...
Ok so the hardest two days of the trail are over they say!
September 5
No rain over night and beautiful sunrise. No bears got into anything. That of course is if...
I don't care if I never see another rock!
September 4
The coastal scenery, the coniferous forest, the squirrels and bird sounds are beautiful but the path is so...
Cape Chin North B&B = 59.1km
When we woke up we were still suffering from our last 2 days of very rough terrain. We decided to get our back packs moved on to our next location and walk...
Mountain Trout Camp = 45.6km
Gillies Lake
Thankfully the rain abated over night and we were able to pack up in the dry and get on our way without too much drama.
We thought the...
Stormhaven Camp Site = 20.9km
The forecast was for rain all day today. Apart from the occasional light showers we escaped with most of the day dry. We were warned that this first bit of the...
Road tour to Tobermory
September 3
Stressful start to the day. Despite two reassurances from the hotel that a boxed breakfast would be ready it wasn't! Went to the...
Tobermory.
Early start today and as usual we get thrown a couple of curve balls. First up we had arranged to pick up 2 boxed breakfasts as we had to leave before brekky was served. We went...
September 2
Another round of plastic toss out crockery and cutlery for breakfast. Nuts!!!!!!
Hit the road via Tim Horton's. Makes an almost drinkable coffee for...
Toronto.
I woke up at 2.30 with a start thinking I had not packed my Hydration tube to connect to my Hydration Bladder, got up to check and sure enough it was nowhere to be seen. I flipped...
September 1
Toss away plastic plates and cutlery for breakfast? Environmental disaster. Everything in these places seems to be toss out. Whether it's theft or less cleaning is...
August 31
Yay made breakfast this morning. Hmmmmm excitement lasted until I saw the fare. But it was breakfast now get a car and hit the road!
Took a run up to...
Huntsville.
Finally got a good sleep. Today is an exploring day. First explore was off to look at Penetanguishene Historic Boat Harbour, we supposed to find an old fortress here but sadly...
August 28 - 31
Four flights and 36 hours was the plan and it almost went to plan.
Requested a red wine to match the red eye flight feeling grateful for the...
Midland
After a very tiring and restless, jet lagged night, we headed off on a long day driving to Thornbury on the Bruce Peninsular to drop off some supplies. We met one of our hosts where...
Toronto
LAfter arriving late and finally getting checked in at 3am it was time for a long overdue shower. We crashed and did not wake up until well past midday. The quest was now on to get...
Long flight from Melbourne to LA but thankfully we managed to get upgraded to Business Class using Virgin Velocity Points. I managed to sleep most of the way courtesy of their flat beds. Sadly I...
Just a short entry here as we transit through Melbourne en route for Los Angeles. This next leg is the killer leg at 14.5 hours.
We'll finally “D” day is here and we are departing for Toronto via Melbourne, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. It is one hell of a long way to go for a long walk, but then we are both crazy enough and...
Some time ago The Bruce Trail or a section of it became affiliated with the Bibbulmun track. This was published in the Bibbulmun news letter and we became interested and decided to research the...
Last month, I got few vacations as an incentive from my company and I decided to go to Australia with my father and two little kids. When we reached there, my kids insisted to explore different places especially beaches of Queensland. I am going to share our visit to Shorncliffe Pier.
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Seen ahemdabad
Dubrovnik has been referred to as a glittering jewel in the Adriatic for many reasons. It's one of those places that will take your breath away at first sight. This Croatian City is walled and is...
Croatia is one of those places you should aim to visit at least once in your lifetime. I was there recently and I was mesmerized at what I would have missed out on if I did not embark on a journey...
Roy's Terrace Inn is a lovely, very centrally located inn, right in the heart of Santiago de Cuba's old town, within easy walking distance from virtually everything.
With 4 nicely decorated and well equipped rooms in total (2 on the ground floor an 2 more on the first floor with direct...
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As I planned this trip I always take into consideration if the hotel is family friendly and in perfect location, Compostela Beach Family Garden , Las Americas, Tenerife has met my expectations. I stayed in a one bedroom apartment (pool view). My partner and my 8 years old daughter just loved...
A 2 day hike through the hills around Chiang Mai visiting the Hill tribes, staying overnight in a hill tribe village house, riding elephants through the jungle, white water and bamboo rafting.
This is the highest point on Hong Kong island, The Peak is the place where you can enjoy a bird's-eye view of Hong Kong. It is reached by a steep cable tram ride which in itself is an experience as you ascend the mountain at a disconcerting angle
This is a good value high quality restaurant serving very good fish dishes set in a small court yard filled with tropical plants and trees.
The Citadel is a collection of stark decaying buildings from the Nguyen dynasty built in 1804, some buildings are taken care of a little better than others. A 2 kilometre square wall surrounded by a moat and covering about 500 hectares encircles the grounds. The imperial city is within the...
Where does the name Macau come from?
This is a not to be missed market restaurant serving fresh fish and the famous hairy crab (when in season). Set amongst the Temple Street night market with an exciting night life. Choose your fish from the display.
The show depicts daily life in the rice fields and countryside and include many stories of old Vietnamese folk tales and love stories. The stories are set to the background of enchanting music played by live performers at the side. The show uses wooden hand made puppets that are controlled by...
A modern looking fronted hotel just by the Hoan Kiem lake in the centre of the old quarter of Hanoi. Clean and simple but modern to international standards
This is a remote village on stilts with a thriving fishing community living on the Tonle Sap lake.
This is a mausoleum housing the preserved body of Ho Chi Minh, founder of unified Vietnam, laid in a glass case for public viewing. The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum building is constructed in an Soviet/Communist style austere architecture. This dedication to 'Uncle Ho,' as he is known to the ...
Hotel just off the Nathan Road hustle and bustle within walking distance of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Angkor Wat is more than just a single temple but includes a huge complex of temples built by the Khymer dating back to the 9th through to the 15th century. The complex is close to the town of Siem Reap.
A great day trip which you get to by taking a long 6km cable car ride across the Lantau Island and over the sea to reach Ngong village which is a Disney style remake of a traditional village. There is a real functioning monastery next to it with the star attraction, the giant Buddha. The biggest...