In last trail talk the two chairs were on the Zavitz loop section of the Bayfield Woodland Trail. Zavitz being one of several landowners who allow the trail to cross their property on the Woodland trail. On Feb 10th the snow fleas were out on top of the snow. Thesemore…

In the last Trail Talk George Cantin and Tim Allen were enjoying the view of the Bayfield river from the Mavis Govier bench  on the Mavis trail near Varna. Mavis Govier was a community activist and trail supporter from Varna who helped secure some desperately needed funding for the (Bayfieldmore…

The Bench in last week’s Trail Talk was obviously the one on the Lobb Trail next to the sign that points to “ Boredom 9985 km, Stress 8750 km, Worry 9850 km, Work 8850km”. It is a pity this is not quite accurate but many studies have confirmed that walkingmore…

The photos last week were of the hollow tree, looking up inside it. The tree is on the Woodland Nature trail and this was the first time I had noticed the entrance doorway which measures about 12 x 6 inches and the hollow base is about 2 feet circumference.  Themore…

On January 14th I hiked on the Woodlands Nature trail and noticed a beech tree that was hollow at the bottom with an entry big enough for a raccoon to go inside.  I had passed the tree many times without noticing the entry, but on that day there were whatmore…

Winter is finally here with a decent amount of snow and some cold temperatures, and I see that some skier have already been out. Correction – in Trail talk 202 I mentioned the new Huron County guide which has 38 not 398 trails listed. With the snow having arrived, ifmore…

Having seen the snowy owl again on Black’s Point road and a report of one being seen on Hwy 21 North of Goderich.  I was interested to learn about the relationship between snowy owls, foxes, ermines and lemmings.  Lemmings breed under the snow in winter and can have up tomore…