There are quite a few trees along the local trails, with burrs (also known as burls) on them. They are often like ink blots and different people see the resemblance to different things. They are commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled withmore…
Trail Talk 252 March 8th 2023
There are quite a few trees along the local trails. Although I have hiked on the Lobb trail several hundred times I only very recently noticed two trees with a branch from one joined to the other one. I suppose my focus has been more on the river and onmore…
Trail Talk 251 Feb 22-29th 2023
On one Sunday there were two dogs running loose, one was in our neighbourhood, the other on the Lobb trail. The one on the Lobb trail had no identification so the owner, who eventually turned up could not be contacted. If you have a dog please be sure to havemore…
Trail Talk 250 February 15th 2023
In the last Trail talk I forgot to pay tribute to John Hazlitt who died on Jan 13th at the age of 81. He was a great promoter of the Maitland Woods and in 2009 published a booklet on the species in it. With his guidance I erected the treemore…
Trail Talk 249 February 8th 2022
On Sunday January 29th Sally Brodie led an impromptu snowshoe on the Falls Reserve Maitland trails. The snow was typically four to six inches deep as we packed the trails. The fresh snow made the bush quite beautiful, which was a pleasant change from early January without any snow. Asmore…
Trail Talk 248 February 1st 2023
On Sunday January 22nd eight hikers enjoyed the trails at the John Goldie reserve. This is one of several hiking trails open to the public that is not in the Huron County Hiking guide. As expected there was no skiing as the only snow was a small patch of oldmore…
Trail talk 247 January 25th 2023
In 2022 there were 48 Tuesday Tromps with an average attendance of 14.6 (ranged from 2 to24) with 62 participants. There were 46 “ Uneven” hikes with the average attendance of 7.4 (2 to 24 range) and 24 participants. The January weather continues to surprise me with the mild weathermore…
Trail Talk 246 January 18th 2022
The January weather continues to surprise me with the mild weather and lack of snow. This is the first January that I have been able to hike the section of the Maitland Trail that I look after between River Line and Sharpes Creek Line. On our Jan 5th hike themore…
Trail Talk 245 January 11th 2023
On December 21st fourteen hikers enjoyed the Lobb trail on a nice sunny day before the blizzard on Friday hit. On the Boxing Day outing the snow was typically just over one foot deep, so snowshoes were needed for the three of us out on the Hullett Sugar Bush trails.more…
