And what a journey it’s been… Starting on Monday, Sept. 8 and ending on Thursday, Sept. 25, I hiked Ontario’s Bruce Trail starting in Tobermory and ending in Queenston, Niagara. In 18 days I followed a trail of rocks, roots, pine needles, pavement, dirt, gravel, and grass. I lost 15 lbs while gaining 500 points […]
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Dates: Sept. 24 – 25, 2025 Locations: Grimsby > St. Catharines > Queenston Distance hiked: 67.9 km I love walking in the morning; when my mind is quiet, my body content, my feet don’t yet hurt, and the world is still in slumber. There were sounds of gunshots all around the valley. I was confused,
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Dates: Sept. 22 – 23, 2025 Locations: Mt. Nemo Conservation Area > Dundas Valley Conservation Authority > Grimsby Distance hiked: 88 km It was a muddy morning shrouded in a veil of mist. I crossed Guelph Line during morning rush hour which was horrifying. There were so many big trucks and cars zooming by less
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Dates: Sept. 20 – 21, 2025 Locations: Sleswick > Limehouse Conservation Area > Mt. Nemo Conservation Area Distance hiked: 90.2 km The trails in Caledon on a Saturday were overwhelmingly busy. It was impressive to see the Toronto skyline from the roads I walked along, knowing I had started all the way up in Tobermory.
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Dates: Sept. 18 – 19, 2025 Locations: Noisy River Provincial Park > Mono Centre > Sleswick Distance hiked: 81.6 km I was sweltering in the oppressive humidity, I was always hungry, and my right shoulder had developed a stabbing pain that would sometimes last for hours every day. On top of that, every day I’d
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Dates: Sept. 16 – 17, 2025 Locations: Fox Ridge Rd. > Petun Conservation Area > Noisy River Provincial Park Distance hiked: 87.1 km It feels good to look up to lush, green, towering pillars. After becoming accustomed to forests of mostly stunted aspen and black spruce while living in the sub-Arctic for the last 1.5
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Dates: Sept. 14 – 15, 2026 Locations: Bognor > Wodehouse > Fox Ridge Rd. Distance hiked: 80.7 km The back pain I’d experienced the day before had miraculously disappeared. My body felt ready to take on another 40+ kms. When hiking, it always amazes me how much a night of a rest can heal the
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Dates: Sept. 12 – 13, 2025 Locations: Dodds Hill > Owen Sound > Bognor Distance hiked: 79 km On a road I passed an older woman, who I presumed was a dairy farmer, walking her border collie. She looked incredulous when I told her I was walking to Niagara. She parted with a shaky good
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Dates: Sept. 10 – 11, 2025 Locations: Barrow Bay > McIver > Dodds Hill Distance hiked: 86 km The mornings are damp and the days are humid. Already after Day 3 I realized the theme that would continue throughout this entire hike would be the wet. My clothes would never dry and my skin would
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Dates: Sept. 8 – 9, 2025 Locations: Tobermory > Dyer’s Bay > Barrow Bay Distance hiked: 96 km The Bruce Trail is a 900-km hiking trail through southern Ontario, spanning from Tobermory to Queenston, and is claimed to be Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath. The trail definitively meanders along the Niagara escarpment which is
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