Day 9 – Hiking Day 8 - Thursday September 14, 2017

Day 9 – Hiking Day 8 - Thursday September 14, 2017
Peninsula Section 4.7 k at Colpoy’s Bay to Sydenham Section K 148.1 Dodd’s Hill
Distance: 29.10k
Time on the Trail: 8:35













We set out this morning at our usual time 8:00 a.m. – ish!!  This morning we were shuttling ourselves to the start and leaving the car there. Peter, Robin’s husband was to meet us in Colpoy’s Bay and then we aimed to come back and pick up the car and drive to the Airbnb near Owen Sound. We had approximately 29.1 k to do. Doug from Lionheart had advised us to increase our “easy” hike yesterday, to reduce the hike today. This worked perfectly!

Our route took us about 8.5 hours. It was generally an easy hike, through a more deciduous forest at the start, then a cedar forest, as well as gorgeous areas of lush green grass and pink, purple, white, and blue wild flowers.  There was also a mini moss-boulder field, some really rooty parts, a metal spiral staircase, a few stiles, and quite a bit of road. We met 10 people hiking. One chap was finishing off his hiking of the Sydenham Section; another couple were hiking the Sydenham Section in an effort to finish all the Bruce Trail over 2 years. The others were just on short hikes usually incorporating one of the loop trails off the Bruce.

We struggled to find some logs or stones without moss to sit on for lunch and ended up re-arranging some of the broken logs. We had no sooner rested our bums on this, removed our socks and shoes, and taken the first bite, when, with an enormous “crack”, Robin ended up sitting on the ground. She was fine, but our log was now divided into two! We usually try to take our boots and socks off at lunch and let them have an opportunity to dry. Our break is short, about 20 minutes. Our lunch so far has consisted of some cheese for protein and crackers, red pepper, grape tomatoes, sometimes a yoghourt, a hard boiled egg for protein, and Robin has an apple and I have a Clementine! Depending how hungry we are, we may have a protein or energy bar. Our Australian friends warned us that at the beginning of a long hike, they generally don’t feel hungry, then part way through the hike this changes, and you can’t consume enough food.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 20, 2017 at 8:32 AM

    this is so very interesting to follow you. between your incredible written words and picturesque photography, it almost feels like all us readers are walking with you ! Keep on keeping on !!

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