Today was trying to get back on track for hiking. Last 2 hikes I stopped after less than 10km due to foot injuries. I drove north to Orangeville and parked at the 7th line rd Bruce Trail parking lot. After my usual stretching and preparation I started my hike. You walk along 7th Line for about 600M until you enter the trail section. For the next 2km it is moderate hiking with moderate elevation. It is mostly private property you are walking through so you have to stay on the trail. I exited the trail onto 5th Side Rd and crossed the street to get back onto the trail. The next 3KM of the hike is difficult and has a lot of elevation changes. At this point I was approaching the highest point of the escarpment ... read more

When I hike the Bruce Trail getting back to my car is always tricky. Over the 14 days I have hiked so far I have done a mix of hiking with friends, getting friends to pick me up, Uber, Taxi, Buses, and walking back to my car. As I go farther north my range of options will be limited. Uber, buses and friends that far north will not be available. So I have to make choice about the hikes as I head farther north. I usually only count the distance I am on the Bruce Trail and not the distance I hike back to my car. I have decided to count the distance I hike as part of my Bruce Trail hike. For example if I hike 5 km on the Bruce Trail and than hike ... read more

This would be my first hike in the Toronto Section of the Bruce Trail. I finished the Iroquioan section 2 days earlier. I was planning to park in the Kelso Conservation Area and than walking northward to Acton. When I got there at 7AM the conservation area had a sign up saying it would not open until 8:30AM. I tried to park on the side of the road on Campbellville Rd near Hilton Falls but every section of the road had a sign saying no parking allowed. I also saw a sign saying the overpass on the 401 for the Bruce Trail was closed so even if I parked at Kelso I would not be able to walk the Bruce Trail anyway. After sitting in my car for a few minutes I came up with a ... read more

Another hot day of hiking. To avoid the heat as much as I could I started out an hour earlier at 7AM. There is a spot near 3450 Guelph Line Rd you can park on the side of the road. I started my hike in the fields and it was slow going because the trail here is overrun with vegetation. Thankfully it only lasted a few hundred meters. After that you wander around a forest for about a km until you exit the forest and turn right onto Number 1 side rd and than turn left onto Walkers Line Rd. There are only a few trail markers so keep walking until you see the next marker. I have driven down Walkers Line many times over the years and I could see Mount Nemo while driving. I ... read more

Day 9 of my hike. I drove down to Dundas Valley Conservation Area to start my hike. The Conservation Area has parking but it costs $10 to park there. After getting my backpack together and stretching I started my hike. It was hot at 27 Degrees Celsius which was slightly cooler from last week but humidity was higher. I walked along the roadway to get out of the parking lot and turned left on Governors and than right onto the Bruce Trail. The first 4km of the hike is through a forested area with a lot of plants growing across the trail. Unfortunately for me this is height of caterpillar season. I kept running into them as I walked along the trail. I was covered with caterpillars after a while. I spent time removing them from ... read more