Our Walk Along The Bruce Trail (BTC)

The Bruce Trail into Owen Sound Hiking Cottage Country  Waking up refreshed and ready this morning, we packed our gear and loaded our rental car up for our final day on the Bruce Trail for this trip.   Today’s hike saw us venture the 27 or so kilometres from Sydenham Forest East to the western side of Owen Sound.   While we were excited to reach our goal, this morning began with us heading back out for more long stretches of uninspiring road walking.   This situation was made more challenging by the fact that temperatures today were very warm.   Even just after sunrise, when we returned to the Bruce Trail, it was already over 24 degrees.    The benefit of this meant that our lucky streak of walking in good weather with clear blue skies continued!   With our car packed, we checked out of our motel and took a taxi back to yesterday’s point of departure – Sydenham Forest East – to resume our hike along Ontario’s Bruce Trail.   Sydenham Forest E...

Slow and Steady on the Bruce Trail Bruce Trail and Trail Angels Well rested and with only partially dry shoes, our morning began with a quick trip to Tim Hortons for large coffees and breakfast sandwiches before meeting up with a local BTC Trail Angel who was helping us by driving us to the start of the day’s hike.   With our rental car parked at the eastern edge of the Sydenham Forest, we were then transported back to the Silent Valley Side Trail just north of Bognor Marsh Management Area .   Saying our thanks and sliding on our day packs, we were soon back on the Bruce Trail. Once again slack packing, we followed a logging road through a pine forest before climbing back up the 1.5-kilometre side trail onto the escarpment.   As we discovered yesterday, much of this region was very rocky, which forced us to watch our footing constantly.   After the tough climb, we were rewarded with terrific views of the pastoral landscape.   The patchwork and developed nature o...