12 of us met on a foggy morning in the Garden Hill Conservation Park on Cty Rd 9 for a rolling ride of 45 km thru the scenic Northumberland countryside to Lake Ontario. We cycled east on Cty Rd 9 thru Garden Hill to Grist Mill Rd for a 5 km ride past a 19th century grist mill to the 5th Line, west to Cty Rd 10 & a long descent thru Canton up to the 4th Line. We cycled west on the 4th Line to Deer Park Rd where 4 cyclists continued to cycle west to Cty Rd 65 returning to Garden Hill for about a 30 km ride. The remaining 8 cycled south on Deer Park Rd across Cty Rd 2, over a railway bridge & Hgw 401 to Dickinson R, over another railway bridge to Lakeshore Rd, part of the Waterfront Trail, for a ride west beside Lake Ontario thru Port Britain, where the sun began to emerge, to Wesleyville Rd to start our return ride north over Hgw 401 to Morrish Church Rd continuing north across Cty Rd 2 back to the 4th Line where we cycled west to Cty Rd 65 for a long ride thru Osaka & 2 large gullies to the 7th Line. The ride east on the 7th has a nasty hill climb before a descent to Mill St & a return to Garden Hill. After the ride Pete, Gordon, Ron, Dan, Rob & Steve enjoyed lunch on the patio at Rhino's overlooking Rice Lk.
