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Published: April 3rd 2016
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I decided hike the Bruce Trail this year. To hike the entire trail (800KM) would take 30 days straight. I can't take that much time off at the same time so I will hike the trail each weekend until I get the number down to hike the last few hundred KM straight.
So early morning I drove down to Niagara on the Lake to the Queenston Heights Park with the Brock memorial overlooking. After touching the plaque signifying the start of the trail I went to the other side of the park and started hiking. The first few KM is easy hiking through the park. After that you reach the top of the escarpment and have to descend down. It was muddy and slippery and the incline is quite steep. If you stay on the trail you will be fine but just go carefully. At the bottom of the escarpment you can observe golfers in the St David Golf course. You walk above the community of St David until you reach the bottom of the escarpment. You will see a trailer park on your right at this point. You exit the trail onto Dorchester road and take a left and
pass under the 405 Hwy. At this point I took a break and ate some trail mix under the overpass. I suspected some of the cars seeing me eating under the overpass thought I was a drifter. I continued walking west until I got back onto the hiking trail. Follow the trail markers and you won't get lost. You walk through another park at this point and it is up and down hiking and with the recent storm was quite muddy. At the end of the park you are back onto a road. At this point turn left and you will see Fireman's park on your right. This is the halfway point to Woodend Conservation Area. You will walk up a hill past Fireman Park until you reach the top and turn right back onto the trail near railway tracks. The trail became incredibly muddy at this point and my hiking boots were getting stuck in the mud and my feet were getting soaked. It was incredibly slow going but I finally made my way past the muck. Once you get past the mud you are the QEW. I was told the old days you had to find a way
across the QEW either running across or walking across a railway bridge. Both of them quite dangerous. Now there is a walkway which gets you across safely. After a bit more walking I was confused by the next set a trail markers because it was directing me through a storm drain. I followed it and stood aside as some dirt bike riders came roaring through the storm drain. You than turn left and walked a few more KM past some farms and animal ranch with miniature horses, cows and goats. You are walking on walker rd at this point and you than turn right back onto the trail again. You past through some private property and the trail agreement says you must walk through and not stop because the landowners are nice enough to allow people to walk through their backyard. The final 5KM are a lot of up and down hiking and it can get quite tiring. Once you are at the top of this escarpment you come out near the Walker Living Campus and you are on the home stretch. You than walk steadily down hill and you get some nice views with some observation points you can
stop and rest. Finally at the bottom of the hill I saw the Woodend Conservation Area and I was relieved I made it. Approximately 20KM hiking to get there. I than laid down on the grass and ate my lunch and watched the cars drive past. After a 30 minute break I reversed my hike and went back to the Southern Terminus where my car was. It was tough hiking back but I was ok until the last 5km where I was really tiring out. Despite my soreness I felt so good seeing my car at the end of the hike. Total hike 40KM. Will do another hike next week.
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