Cycling Dudes: May 20 2015 - Colborne Apple Blossom Ride

We met in the commuter parking lot off Television Rd (across from Burnham Mansion) to carpool for a 9:00 departure for an hour drive to Colborne. From Televison Rd we drove the scenic route to Colborne, thru Hastings to Warkworth continuing south on Cty Rd 25 thru Castleton into Colborne driving across King St (city square) down Percy St to the Keeler arena parking lot. On the other hand Bob Penny drove to Hastings then cycled to Colborne, a route that has many serious hill climbs, but that’s our Bob ! A more direct route from Peterborough is south on Hgw 28 then east on the 401 to the Colborne exit. From the Keeler arena 16 cyclists headed west on Park St, south (left) on Ontario St to Lakeport Rd following the Waterfront Trail signs into Lakeport where we did a short loop down to the lake & back to the Waterfront Trail (Lakeport Rd), continuing west to Wicklow Harbour then up to Orchard Grove Rd past the apple orchards that were in full bloom. Continued west across Station Rd (which goes into Grafton) past the Nawantin Conservation Park to Archer Rd, where Lakeport Rd ends. On the return trip we rode into Nawantin on Lake Ontario before cycling back into Colborne for lunch at Vitos (905-355-3222). Today’s route was 36 km with gentle gradients on a clear sunny that proved ideal for cycling after waking up to a temperature of 3 C.