For today's circular hike around the Humber River 37 adventurous hikers met at the Old Mill Station. Barry and Roger were today's leaders and had pre-hiked the route the day before prompting a note to be sent out to the members on the Blog List strongly recommending the use of icers and walking poles.
Thankfully most of the participants heeded the warning and put their beloved icers on!
After imparting the day's info and stressing the need to stay behind Barry due to the lack of a clearly defined path we set of for the park and to find the Humber Trail with the temperature at -5 degrees
Entering Etienne Brule Park with Rosemary doing the count
Sitting below the surface of the snow was sheer ice requiring everyone to be extra careful
Jutta kindly volunteered to sweep and can be seen at the back helping someone with their icers
While waiting we had a semi group photo
Finding a path through the white stuff
Huge chunks of ice jam up around the river's edge
In the middle of the river water was flowing copiously
It was a rare sight to see the group in single file
Winterscape
Bringing up the rear
A history lesson of the Lambton area
Lesson over, back on the trail
Dundas Street road bridge
Crossing the Humber River
Up the hill into Lambton Woods Park
The easy way to travel unless you are a dog!
Stanley legging it up the ravine
He made it
Diners at the Humbertown Plaza
Posing for a group photo at the street art under the Dundas Street bridge
Having fun putting the icers back on
These things are a pain in the rear!
It's a dogs life
Not the best weather to be riding in
Waterscape
Monument to the volunteer Fireman that lost their lives during Hurricane Hazel
Debating who can sit down
Up the hill to the finish
The pub goers say goodbye to the rest of the group
Exchanging Icers for Beer Glasses
At the Dark Horse
Kevin gets the right beer
The distance from the start to the Pub
Despite the comparatively short distance of the official circular hike of 9 km, most will agree that it was a decent workout due to the terrain conditions. Thank you to Jutta for her carrying out the job of sweep so diligently and to Rosemary for not counting in Gaelic.
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