July 25 Pete & Gord’s TCT Ride & BQ

 Parkhill Rd access trail to Jackson Creek

 Dr Ralph Beamer meets the Dudes

 Jackson Cr

 Pete on Lily Lk bridge

 Lily Lk

 Ian & Conrad at Atkinson Rd

 TCT

 Ken - trestle bridge

 Trestle bridge SW vista towards Cty Rd 10

 Doube’s trestle bridge

 NE view towards Bethel

 Omemee -Pigeon R

 Omemee bridge over Pigeon R

 Omemee - Hwy 7 bridge

 Cottingham Rd - Lloyd & friends

 Moncrief Rd vista towards Sherbrooke St watertower

 Gord on Lily Lk Rd, Moncrief Rd in background

 swim time

Gord at the BQ

18 cyclists turned out for today’s ride from Pete Macloghlin’s home. Conditions were ideal for cycling, we rode on city streets to the TCT access trail on Parkhill Rd across from the Ravenwood Condos. The photos taken by Pete, Dan & Jim best describe the route. We headed west past the section between the access trail & the dam which was closed for 6 months for the construction of a new sewage line. Everyone was impressed with the finished product which was in fact an upgrade to the old trail. At the Doube’s Trestle bridge we split into 2 groups. Pete, Gord, Conrad, Ian, & Lloyd headed back tp Peterborough while Barry led the others to Omemee, a 40 km ride. Pete’s group cycled to Cottingham Rd then east on Cottingham, across Hgw 7 where Cottingham becomes Stockdale Rd to Moncrief down a big hill to Lily Lk Rd & the trail then back to Pete’s a 30 km ride for a swim & lunch

July 11 ride thru Douro Twp

Camp Kawartha Environment Centre

Environment Centre

Environment Centre activity room

Nassau Rd looking west towards Peterborough

Nassau Rd

Nassau Rd

Nassau Rd rolling terrain

Jim McIntosh Douro 7th Line hill

Ken Powell & Jim Stewart Douro 7th Line

Kelvin Todd -  7th Line hill

Jim Stewart

Douro 7th Line break

Wind Mill - Old Norwood Rd

Kelvin Todd - 0ld Norwood Rd just before descent to Television Rd

Television Rd at Maniece Ave turn

Maniece Ave - Liftlock Golfland

The Liftlock

We had 18 cyclists turn out for today’s ride on a warm sunny summer day. By leaving at 9:00 we avoided the extreme heat & actually enjoyed very pleasant conditions for a bike ride. From Beavermeade we cycled north on the RGWT (Rotary Greenway Trail to Trent U, over the Tollington pedestrian bridge to Nassau Rd. On Nassau Rd we stopped for a look at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre then cycled east on Nassau Rd up & down the rolling hills to Cty Rd 4 (Warsaw Rd) & the intersection with the Douro 7th Line. We had 2 options, #1 to ride east on Warsaw Rd to Cty Rd 8 into Douro then south on the 4th Line (an additional 10 - 15 km) or #2, the shorter route which we did, south on the 7th Line across Division Rd where the 7th becomes Sweeney Line to the Old Norwood Rd then west to Television Rd, south for 1 km to Maniece Ave & back to Beavermeade for a ride of 26 km. Met for lunch at the Porch & Pint. Photos credits: Pete MacLoghlin & Jim Pare

Keith’s TCT ride from Norwood Wed July 4

 Group photo in Cambellford

Bob Penny leading the group

Barry Diceman

Dan Volman

Pat Towns & Pete Gardner

Pete MacLoghlin & Keith Buchanan

Ken Powell & Ken Featherstone

Ken Powell & Bob Penny who cycled from Peterborough a ride of 130 km

Ken Featherstone, Kelvin Todd, Jim McIntosh

We had 15 Dudes turn out to blaze this new route. From Keith’s home we cycled east thru a private lane to the Asphodel 8th Line which took us south to Victoria St &into Hastings. Unfortunately Mike Evans was left behind at the start but Maureen Buchanan drove him into Hastings to reconnect with the group. We then cycled to Campbellford on the TCT. The trail is on the railway bed which has not been upgraded so is rough as the photos show. The trail had been blocked with gates & fencing by a farmer but they were removed this year when cattle gates were installed allowing us to do this ride. However on the plus side it is wide, has been brush cut & sturdy bridges have been constructed. We arrived for lunch at Rubb’s around 12:30 & didn’t leave until 2:00 as the food order seemed to take forever! By the time we arrived back in Hastings we were down to 7 cyclists! Our thanks to Maureen & Jim Pare for coming to rescue of cyclists that had succumbed to the heat. After this ride we need to consider some guidelines for hot summer days because we have had several episodes of people suffering from the effects of heat exhaustion over the past few weeks. This ride was too long, 60 km, for a hot summer day. For future rides on warm summer days I am going to suggest that we cancel the ride if the forecast indicates temperatures over 30 C, limit the ride to 35 km on hot days & start the ride at 9:00. Photos are thanks to Jim Pare