Mon.
24 September:
The
Rideau Trail 2018 End-to-End Hikes:
20.
Jock Road/Munster Road (16A) to Rushmore Road (17B)
Note: click on pictures for full size view.
What a contrast from the previous end-to-end
hike. Just over a week ago, we were
struggling in temperatures close to 30C.
Today we enjoyed cool easterly winds and 7C at the start of our
hike. Autumn had arrived.
There was very little evidence of the storm that had
raced through the area last weekend, with tornadoes causing destruction not far
north of here. Just an occasional broken
tree branch.
We moved quickly today, averaging over four kilometres
an hour on (mostly) quiet side roads. In
the middle was a long stretch of road allowance through an avenue of trees,
sometimes wet under foot.
We emerged from the trees into the wide, open fields
of the Ottawa Valley. It reminded us of
Saskatchewan. To the north we caught a
glimpse of the Gatineau Hills in Quebec.
Just thirty nine kilometres to go now.
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| Reminder of last weekend's storm |
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| Colour in the fields |
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| Waypoint beside busy Franktown Road |
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| Here at Conley Road we turned north off Franktown Road |
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| Curious old structures |
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| It felt a little bleak at Bleeks Road |
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| The Ken Prior bridge |
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| There are always wet patches along this road allowance |
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| More storm damage |
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| The blue side trail to Richmond |
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| A sunny spot for lunch |
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| Emerging from the woods... |
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...into Saskatchewan? Reminds me of this song by Vaughan Williams (Songs of Travel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZG11e5cmY&list=PL1234AD8C2476AC3D&index=1
"All I ask, the heaven above, And the road below me." |
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| Ottawa Valley scene |
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| End of today's hike: 39 km to go |
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