A small potion of the Trans Canada Trail lies only a long block away from our place. The trouble is that its westward progress ceases very abruptly right here. In fact, I can't think where it might resume again. I rather suppose that one is to follow the highways for a while and pick up the trail about 30km south of us. In reality, I don't suppose anyone ever does that, but what the heck, it still gives us a bicycle path toward the east.
Oh, it's not that great a trail near here, not by a long shot. It just doesn't traverse any noteworthy scenery. Nevertheless it is a viable route for us to follow if we want to go for an un-trafficked pedal.
As I said, it's not very scenic around here, but the following farm at our natural turn-around point, makes for a fairly nice setting, especially when the sun is westering. What the picture doesn't show, however, is that the surroundings aren't too very grand considering there is a highway not too far off the right side of the photo.
The Ottawa region is fairly loaded with trails, and one could probably take this one for a long way ... if one was younger and fitter, that is.
Oh yes, a little meander along that track looks idyllic. We still haven't got our bikes out yet this year- there always seems to be so much to do at the weekend and embee is tired at the end of a long working week (he's almost 70 so I think he can be forgiven for lack of energy)
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ReplyDeleteMaybe by the time the little one is grown the Transcanada Trail will be finished. It seems to have stalled here in North Central Ontario. I believe it is supposed to go through our little hamlet along the abandoned CNR right-of- way between North Bay and Capreol the two historic railroad towns. I wish we still had the railroad but time moves on.