August 13 - John Crawford’s BQ Ride

 20 cyclists met at John Crawford’s north-end home at 9:30 for a 30 km ride to Lakefield returning to John’s home for a poolside BQ lunch. From the Crawford home we cycled north to Cumberland Ave then west to Franklin Dr & south to Hilliard St. Headed north on Hilliard St for 5 km cycling up 2 small hills to the Rotary Bridgenorth Trail. The Bridgenorth Trail ends at the 7th line in Bridgenorth. Rode east on the 7th Line across Centre Line to the busy Lakefield Rd into Lakefield across the river to Water St & down to the RGWT. John led a group on River Rd while the rest cycled down the RGWT to Nassau Rd thru Trent U over the pedestrian bridge to Water St before returning to John’s for a swim & a BQ lunch hosted by John with assistance from Bill McKnight, Garnet Wray & Brian Healey. We lucked out on the weather avoiding rain although dark clouds did come into view. We had done basically the same route in May from the Riverview Zoo

                             7th Line at Centre Line

                           Bill McKnight & Bob Penny on the RGWT

                            Pete Gardner & Jim McIntosh poolside

                               Lunch on the deck
   Burton sent us his photos from today + the May 21 2014 photos in Archives

Wed August 6 Omemee Countryside Ride

20 Dudes met for a 9:00 start from The Omemee Curling Club parking lot on James St (1st street west of the stoplights). From the parking lot there is a gate that takes you thru the churchyard to Sturgeon Rd & the KTCT. We cycled west on the KTCT to Reaboro where we stopped in the park beside the trail for a pit stop. From Reaboro we continued to ride west on the KTCT across Slanted Rd to Post Rd (the roads are marked on the trail barricades). Cycled north on Post Rd which is paved up to Tracey’s Hill Rd. At Vince Jones Rd. Conrad, Keith & Garnet cycled east to St Luke’s Rd to meet the others who continued north on Post Rd across Cty Rd 17 to Cheese Factory Rd, which has a corduroy base (from the pioneer era) thru the marsh, cycling east to Heights Rd then south across Cty 17 to meet Conrad where 8 Dudes decided to continue south on Heights Rd to cycle up Tracey’s Hill while we continued east on St Luke’s Rd to Esker Rd then south to Tracey’s Hill Rd to await the arrival of the hill climbers. Everyone continued south on Esker Rd across Peace & Fox Roads to Beaver Rd, west for 2 km to Sibley Ave & south to the KTCT & the cars then to Pete MacLoghlin’s home in Peterborough for a refreshing (some would say cool!) swim & BQ lunch hosted by Pete, Burton McClelland, Barry Diceman & Gord Schmidt. The weather was ideal for cycling, sunny, low humidity & a temperature of 25C. This 40 km route thru the Kawartha Lakes countryside has no hills & gives you the option of either a challenging hill climb or a shorter ride. Left click on the photos to enlarge

                                       KTCT west of Omemee

                                         Post Rd

                         Bill Punt’s photo of the Tracey Hill climbers

                                    Tracey’s Hill gang returns

            Bob Penny cycled 80 km today from his west-end home