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Re: Obscure question about Milton, Ontario
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Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:27:06 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:
> Well I did it. I hiked the trail on the weekend. 13 something km.
> Wow, that's a long hike, at least for me. I'm really feeling it today.
Excellent Derek, glad you ended up finding that bridge.
> The bridge is cool, although you get to it at about the 3/4 point of the
> hike so I was really tired at that point. Didn't get as excited by the
> whole thing as I would have if I was fresh. From the bridge and a near
> by lookout you can get a very good view of the quarry. It would be
> interesting to be there on a week day to see the quarry in use. It's an
> enormous quarry. The building, which I assume is used for rock
> crushing, is just massive.
Cool, did you take any pics?
> In future I would recommend doing the trail the other direction, but it
> means starting out with a long walk along the side of a relatively busy
> road. Not a very exciting way to start out. Plus you have to be more
> alert about when to cut off onto the side trail. The way I went I
> always came to a trail change at a T. This meant I always knew when to
> go a different direction. If you went the other way you could easily
> miss a turn off and end up in Tobermory before you realized your error. :-)
BTW if anyone does end up missing that turn, and you end up heading to
Tobermory..... I'm sure you will be thirsty, so drop by my deck for a cold brew.
Janey "Red Brick"
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| Well I did it. I hiked the trail on the weekend. 13 something km. Wow, that's a long hike, at least for me. I'm really feeling it today. The trail is quite ruff in places, and there are some small climbs over rocky piles but for the most it's a (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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