NORTH YORK

On a nice day 62 Senior members met at Starbucks in the North York Centre. We walked through the York Cemetery and the woods of the Hinder Property. We lunched at the Earl Bales Community Centre after fuelling our appetites from clambering up the steep hill to the Centre. Lunch over we continued walking through the Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt and the West Don Parkland. Eventually we finished up at Mr. Greek at Finch and Dufferin. A total distance of 12 km. The service at Mr. Greek was excellent and the Heineken tasted like more! Note. The straight line seen on the map is due to my pausing the tracking and then re-starting after noticing my error.

FOREST HILL & ENVIRONS

Tom Fiore's walk started from Starbucks in Forest Hill. The 12 km walk on a gorgeous day was spectacular. Walking through Cedarvale Park, Kay Gardiner Belt Line, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, David Balfour Ravine to St. Clair and back to Starbucks. Good old Tom had arranged with Starbucks to give the group free cold drinks and pieces of cake!

ROUGE & PETTICOAT CREEK

Jim Mallon's hike commences on the outer eastern limits of Toronto at the Rouge Beach Park. For Barry & I the best mode of transport was the Go Train. We walked the 2 km distance from the Rouge Hill Station to to the starting point. The hike including the walk back to the station was 16.5 km. 47 members trekked through Petticoat Creek and along the lakeshore to lunch in view of the Pickering Nuclear Power Station. After lunch we walked around the west side of Frenchman's Bay and then traced our way back to the starting point. Alas, we had to miss going to the pub due to a lack of transport.

HIGH PARK

Barry & I joined Tom Fiore's Toronto Trail Festival Hikes around High Park. Starting at the Grenadier Restaurant we proceeded to wander through mostly wooded trails within the park. At one point we did Yoga Exercises with an Instructor which I actually enjoyed. Today was also a Ukrainian Festival and we passed by the parade on our hike. We finished up back at the restaurant curtailing the hike due to heavy rain. Mary Moore, Barry and I headed to the Mackenzie Pub for a pint and a bite. The walk was only 6km long!

HUMBER ARBORETUM

Today's Senior Hike of 32 participants commenced at Ester Lorrie Park along the West Humber Trail. The 11 km walk took us to the Humber Arboretum. Monica Feran, our hike leader, guided us through some enjoyable trails and gardens within the Arboretum. We finished up at the Humber College Student Pub! I thought it was ironic. The pub offered a myriad of beers and spirits but only two choices of food to eat!