Nicola and I have put off doing this section of the Bruce Trail because there are no convenient parking spots, So I parked in Campbellville and Dave drove us to our start point on Appleby Line and then picked us up again at our end point on Guelph Line.
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Great start, saves peeing in the woods!
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We had missed the peak of the spring flowers
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but there were still a few stragglers, hanging on.
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Some massive trees had come down over the winter.
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The trail volunteers had been busy clearing the trail of dead trees and planting some new ones.
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We stopped for our usual snack...cheese, coconut water, snap peas and trail mix, and spotted a Jack-in-the-Pulpit.
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Areas of wild Columbine.
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It was a very pretty area
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with ancient trees,
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| lookouts, |
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the occasional trail marker (with a handy seat)
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and some very rocky, ankle twisting, sections. The main trail between the two conservation areas was very busy but we saw far fewer people once the Bruce trail turned away from Crawford Lake.
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As this was our first hike of the year (we cancelled the April hike as it was pouring rain) we had anticipated it being a bit of a slog but we were happily surprised
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when we got to the end, still feeling pretty good.
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Waiting for Dave to pick us up. Photo by Nicky.
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Nicola had downloaded a free trial of the new Bruce Trail App and overall we were quite happy with it although Nic thought that the "user interface" could be better. We could find where we were while hiking and
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it gave us a nice summary when we had finished.
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