Sun.
10 June:
The
Rideau Trail 2018 End-to-End Hikes:
9.
Lions Club Beach (07D) to Narrows Lock (08C+)
Note: click on pictures for full size view.
Another day of perfect hiking weather. Perhaps all our trips this year will enjoy
blue skies and warm breezes? Or perhaps
they won’t!
This section of the Rideau Trail would appear, from
the map, to follow the edge of Big Rideau Lake.
In reality, apart from a couple of spectacular lakeside viewpoints, the
route is mostly under a woodland canopy or along quiet cottage roads, with only
glimpses of the lake through the trees. But
this suited us fine. The temperatures
were several degrees cooler in the shade.
Highlight of the day was Spy Rock, the highest point
along the entire 328 km Rideau Trail.
Here we stopped for the usual team photo, standing on the rocks high
above Westport village.
By the time we had reached the idyllic setting of
Narrows Lock, on the Rideau Canal, at the end of this ninth leg of our long
journey, we had travelled 137 kilometres from our starting point in Kingston,
or 42% of the trail - well on our way to success.
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| Sixteen hikers gathering at Lions Club Beach, Westport |
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| Westport Mountain at Perth Road |
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| Access to Spy Rock |
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| Today's team above Westport |
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| Rideau Trail Plaque at Foley Mountain |
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| Little Bay on Big Rideau Lake |
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| Our hike leader showing us the route |
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| Rugged section of trail leaves Foley Mountain conservation area |
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| North Shore Road: an unexpected extra companion |
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| Near Duck Bay: dragonfly escort |
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| A delightful section of trail |
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| Taking our chances |
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| Keeping cool under the forest canopy |
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| Old tree points the way |
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| Onto Narrows Lock Road: bike event in progress |
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| Our next stage will start here |
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| Idyllic Narrows Lock on the Rideau Canal |
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