Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Wed August 6/25 - Young's Pt Ride

We met in the Lock 27 parking lot for a 31 km ride thru the rolling Selwyn countryside. We cycled west on Young's Pt Rd, to Miller Rd, to Preston Rd north to the 12th Line for a ride west across Buckhorn Rd to Birch Island Rd & down to The Selwyn Conservation Area for a break before returning on Birch Island Rd to the 12th Line & back to Preston Rd, south to Young's Pt Rd & a ride beside Lake Katchewanooka to Young's Pt. After the ride we enjoyed pub grub at Lock 27 Tap & Grill overlooking Clear Lake 

                                                     Lock 27 Tap & Grill lunch
                                                    12th Line @ Preston Rd
Chemung Lake - Selwyn Conservation Park beach

                                                  


Wednesday, July 16, 2025

July 16/25 - Beavermeade ino Cavan-Monaghan Twp

On a steamy hot morning Bill Hardwick led this 40 km ride from Beavermeade over Lock 19  to Lock St then winding our way on side streets to Monaghan Rd, up Crawford Dr to Fisher Dr crossing Fleming Dr to Airport Rd & around the airport to Whitfield Rd across Hgw 28 to Syer Line continuing west to Hutchinson Rd & south to Cedar Valley Rd, east past Baxter Creek Golf Club across Hgw 28 to the 5th Line & Frenchman's Creek Rd to Wallace Point Rd for a return to Peterborough for a picnic lunch in Beavermeade 

                                                 Wallace Point bridge over the Otonabee R


Ron, Bill, George & Peter, missing Pete Gardner, Barry & Burton



Wednesday, July 9, 2025

July 9/25 - Pete Gardner's ABC Ride & BBQ Lunch

We met Pete in the Bridgenorth Lions Park for a 32 km ride around Bridgenorth & Chemung Lake (ABC) . From the ballpark we cycled thru Bridgenorth on side streets for a ride across the upgraded causeway & an uphill ride on Yankee Line past The Quarry Golf Club to McAuley Rd to Irish Line & west to Perdue Rd, south to Clonakilty Rd for a steep hill climb before descending thru a subdivision to Gifford Dr & a ride beside Chemung Lk to Dalhaven Rd for a ride up to Peregrine Rd before cycling down Yankee Line & a ride across the causeway onto Kelly Blvd then up East Communication Rd to the 7th Line & a ride on the Rotary Bridgenorth Trail to the 5th Line, west across Chemung Rd to Pinehill Rd which winds its way down to Westlake Rd & Pete's home on Westlake Dr where Jon Rosoniac met us for lunch. Jon is still recovering from a complication following hip surgery in May 

                                                    Pete's home on Chemung Lk
                                            Chemung Causeway - new bike/pedestrian lane
                                                      Clonakilty Line hill climb
Rotary Park - on the Ennismore side of the causeway