Parking is available along Forks of the Credit Road just east of the Dominion Street bridge. We'll meet there at 10 and make our way into Brimstone to pick up our leaders, carrying on into the park from there.

See you Sunday.

I have pictures with Santa afterwards but lunch can be Terra Cotta Inn, Coffee Bean, Flap Jacks or wherever your stomachs lead you. It is the annual Egg Nog Jog at Terra Cotta this weekend if anyone would like to do that instead of the walk : )

See you Sunday at 10.

Parking can be found on 3rd Line EHS about 1 km north of Hockley Road. To get there, take highway 10 north through Orangeville until you hit Hockley Road. Go east... 3rd Line EHS is the third line in from highway 10. Go north to the parking area.

I think we'll be out for about 2-2.5 hours. See you at 10:00am on Sunday.

Take Airport Rd and turn east onto Coolihan's Sideroad. Coolihan's heads into the valley with parking along the right hand side of the road... you'll see the stile that leads into Glen Haffy on the north side of the road. This is a great hike and I'm not sure if we got around to doing it last year so enjoy. Meet at 10 a.m. as usual.

If you know of friends of Judy's who can't hike but would be interested in coming for lunch, please tell them to meet us in the Pub at 12 noon on Nov. 20.

If you know you are coming for lunch, please let me know at nross@woodrising.com. I'd like to let the Terra Cotta Inn know approximate numbers.

So please come out to hike and enjoy the day on Sunday.

Nicola

Parking is available at the trailhead in a small parking area on the north side of highway 24 at the top of McLaren. Please meet at 10 a.m.

Because we use the Bruce Trail so often on our Sundays out, don't forget you can join the Bruce Trail Association for an annual fee of $50. It helps the BTA to secure new land for the trail and helps the individual clubs continue work on their existing trails.

See you at Innis Lake Road just north of Finnerty Sideroad (Innis Lake is one road east of Airport). We will head north onto the road allowance and make that first left hand turn into the wilds of East Caledon. A fair chunk of this walk is on the road on the return.

See you at 10 a.m. Sunday.

It is that time of year again... the leaves drop, the weather cools and we start hiking. This Sunday, October 16, marks the first hike of the 2005/2006 CCA hiking season and we welcome everyone. As in the past, we do ask that hikers support the Caledon Countryside Alliance which puts on the hikes every Sunday from October to April.

Hikes take place each Sunday at 10 am and we tend to hike for about two hours. The terrain varies with each hike and we try to prepare you with a brief description of the walk each Thursday in the hiking email. The hikes are also listed on the website. The weather can prove to be a challenge so please make up your own minds whether or not you feel comfortable about a particular hike.

Jan has got into the habit of doing the Devil's Pulpit as the first hike each year because of the fantastic view of the fall colours. However, with the Credit Valley Explorer train running, Jan has chosen to do Forks Park first. That way we can still see the beautiful fall colours, but won't chance a run in with the train.

Please meet this Sunday at 10 am at Forks of the Credit Road by the Dominion Street bridge (bridge into Brimstone). We will walk into the park along Dominion Street and walk up to catch the vista.

Welcome to another hiking season...
 

We are going to do something a little different for our last hike... we've done it before but not for a few years. With our new garbage picker-uppers on 'staff' it's the perfect way to end the hiking season.

Ken Whillans Conservation Area is located at highway 10 and the rail trail and is a popular spot for fishermen (yes, that's the pc term) and lovebirds. But you don't necessarily have to be either to clean up nature... think of it as a belated Earth Day event.

We will meet at the rail trail and McLaughlin road and pick up garbage along the trail before heading into the conservation area. Ken Whillans does not look as bad as in years past, but garbage is always a problem there. As they say, come and be part of the solution.

There is a BBQ scheduled at the Inglewood General Store weather permitting and we will have the walking stick award to give out prior to our amble. It will be wet so wear boots if you have them and bring gloves. I will provide bags. Parking is available either at the rail trail entrance or at the arena (south of the Inglewood General Store on McLaughlin).

See you there at 10:00am with boots, gloves and bags.

Cheerio,
Jan

Don't forget the Fair Trade festival at the Caledon East United Church Saturday from 9-3 and Sunday from 11:30-1:30.
 

Richard Paterak will be leading this Sunday's hike through the Alton Grange property. Please park at the northwest corner of Porterfield and Beech Grove.

To get there:

- take highway 10 north to Hwy 24 west

- west on Hwy 24 to Willoughby north

- Willoughby north to Beech Grove Sideroad west

- west on Beech Grove until you hit Porterfield (west of Willoughby). Porterfield runs between Beech Grove and Main St/highway 36 (where it curves north to Orangeville).

The hike will take you through the Grange property and up to the top of the Pinnacle. You will then loop back to the cars.

Please meet at 10:00 am. The hike should be about 2 hours long and not especially strenuous.

Rather than go to Hockley as Jan had planned, we will scamper around Forks Park because Jan knows the trails and hopefully can keep us out of danger. So.... please meet at Forks of the Credit Road and Dominion Street at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Parking is available on the wide shoulder on the north side of the road (if you go under the railway overpass, you've gone too far). We'll enter the park through Brimstone and take the new trail past the falls and up.