August 28/25 - Barry's Ride thru Cambray

On an ideal day for cycling Barry led us on this 47.5 km ride thru the western part of The City of Kawartha Lakes countryside. From the parking area on Ken Reid Rd we cycled west up to Angeline St then south to Thunderbridge Rd for a ride west across Hgw 35 to Cty Rd 18 & north to Cambray, west  thru Cambray on Cambray Rd continuing west on The Glen Rd Rd to Cty Rd 6, north to Cty Rd 9 (Woodville Rd), east to Cambray Rd south then east thru Cambray, to Cty Rd 21(Killarney Bay Rd), north to Chamber's Rd, east to Cty Rd 34 & south into Cameron for a short jog north on Hgw 35 to Long Beach Rd & east to the Victoria Rail Trail for a return to Ken Reid Pk & a picnic lunch overlooking Sturgeon Lk. This a lovely ride on paved roads up & down the occasional gentle rollers.  

                                                                          Cambray

                                                                     Cambray Rd

Chamber's Rd at Cty Rd 21

 

Wed August 20/25 - Oshawa Trails ride

 We met at Peter Hamley's home for this 50 km ride, cycling on side streets to access The Harmony Creek Trail a beautiful city linear park that took us south to Hgw 401 which we crossed over to Farewell St for a ride south to Harbour Rd & west thru a new park to Simcoe St & south to Lakeview Park & the Waterfront Trail cycling west around Whitby Harbour to the Ontario Shores Mental Health complex where we started the return ride on the trail to Lakeview Pk. From there we cycled north on The Oshawa Creek Trail, another intercity green oasis, for lunch at Teddy's. From Teddy's we cycled on streets & thru parks back to Peter's home. It had rained overnight & was drizzling on the drive from Peterborough but fortunately we had no rain on the ride however it was quite windy forming interesting wave & cloud formations on the lake. 

                                             Waterfront Trail in Lakeview Pk

                                   Peter in Lakeview Park with the waves in the background

Intrepid Park from the Waterfront Trail

Wed Aug 13/25

Bill Hardwick led 9 cyclists from Beavermead on another hot day. We rode north on the trail to Trent U. & took Pioneer Rd East to Warsaw  Rd, turning right on Cty. Rd 4 to Douro. We then turned south on Douro 4th line to Hwy 7 & did a slight jog left, continuing south to River Rd , turning  right & continuing to Hope Mill Rd, where we stopped for a break at the mill.We continued thru Lang & rode the TCT back to Beavermead, having ridden 44 km.. Photos by Dave Messervey

                                                             group photo at Hope Mill

Rob Gardner with Hope Mill & the dam in the background