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#81

General Discussion / Re: A Peterborough Walking Tou...

Last post by buster - July 31, 2026, 10:30:57 AM

Bill wrote: "You didn't go for a ride on the zoo miniature train?  :-)"

Of course we did! I didn't include it because it doesn't fit with the serious nature of our endeavour. I didn't want to give the impression that what we are doing is frivolous.

#82

General Discussion / Re: A Peterborough Walking Tou...

Last post by ssfc72 - July 31, 2026, 09:40:04 AM

You didn't go for a ride on the zoo minature train?  :-)

Top of the Hill and Beside the River

 walked beside the river in solitude to the train at the zoo where we finally met people, many of them very short and smiling.
 
We did visit the camels and the restrooms before Water Street and after crossing started up the Cumberland bike path, which was much steeper than I remembered it, another example of global warming. Finally  we

#83

General Discussion / Re: A Peterborough Walking Tou...

Last post by buster - July 31, 2026, 08:17:32 AM

I'm sorry Jason. We thought a general sketch of the route would be good enough and maybe encourage others to seek their own way. We've now finished 2 days, and basically it starts at the northern edge of Trent (the drumlin),heads to the zoo, and crosses Water St to pick up the Parkway Bike Trail which leads to Jackson Park and beyond to where we turn south and head down into your area of the city.

I know this area pretty well so I can add on side bits which are interesting to us.

We didn't use phones or Internet 'back in the day', so they are not allowed. If we get lost we have to solve the problem without technology, and there are vestiges of wilderness in this wonderful city that can turn you around. (But it's not like some of the places we wandered into years ago agreed.) And we do have phones if absolutely needed, which is improbable.

#84

General Discussion / Re: A Peterborough Walking Tou...

Last post by Jason - July 30, 2026, 04:33:53 PM

Are you using tracking on the phone so you can show us the map afterward? Weirdly, my mind needs visuals, and with the path on the map, I could click on it to see where you walked through on streetview. Or maybe all three of us will have to do it again so I can see it. I don't know the Northend of Peterborough as well so it's hard to visualize (other than the zoo).

#85

General Discussion / Re: A Peterborough Walking Tou...

Last post by buster - July 28, 2026, 09:21:08 AM

Top of the Hill and Beside the River

So our first day of this historic journey has been completed, and I say historic because there's a good chance no one ever, in the history of the universe, has made this particular journey on this particular route as one connected trip.

And don't worry about the stops. Even Magellan's crews, as they circumnavigated the globe starting in 1519, made stops. Many readers will not know that Magellan didn't go around the world. He died, and only one of five ships and 18 of 250 men survived the full trip.

Bill and I canoed the entire Trent Severn system about 40 years ago. So this is a miniature re-enactment on old feet.   We completed 'day one' of our walk around Peterborough a few days ago. We're resting today because the length of the walk was maybe a little (insert favourite swear word) longer than the 7.5 k I had estimated and because we're old.
 
So the adventure started by parking Bill's car near The Cabin at Trent on the east side of the river near where Nassau Mills Road crosses Armour. And we crossed the canal bridge to get to the campus east side, and found the foot bridge to the west campus.

To begin we found going through the grounds of Trent was awesome. We had the entire campus all to ourselves and it was beautiful, especially the faux ancient walls. Because I had taken courses in the late 80's I could find a way between buildings and over bright green grass where we never saw anyone else.
But to our dismay we found when we got to the drumlin that global warming had increased its height and steepness! With many rest stops we made it to the crest and it was down hill for awhile, then flat while we walked beside the river in solitude to the train at the zoo where we finally met people, many of them very short and smiling.
 
We did visit the camels and the restrooms before Water Street and after crossing started up the Cumberland bike path, which was much steeper than I remembered it, another example of global warming. Finally  we turned west on the bike trail that goes way past Lindsay if you want to follow it. And it was heavenly drifting slightly downhill in forest. We followed this almost to Hilliard Street.

There is a path totally in the woods that heads north here that is on the side of the Bear Creek Ravine. It pops out at Bathurst where we turned right onto Cabot and dragged ourselves to my house.

The hiking, which seemed to be almost all uphill, took us about 3 hours 45 minutes.
I sat on the couch and had an unexpected nap just sitting there.


Bill and I think our chances of reaching the end are pretty good. (And we both have cell phones if we run into difficulties, unlike Magellan.) But we've trained, and both of us have tough, resilient mental attitudes. Sort of.

#86

General Discussion / Re: A Peterborough Walking Tou...

Last post by ssfc72 - July 28, 2026, 08:36:23 AM

Sounds like a good idea, to get some good execise and see some interesting locales.

#87

General Discussion / A Peterborough Walking Tour fo...

Last post by buster - July 26, 2026, 02:05:57 PM

Trying to capture the adventures of younger years when our bodies easily responded to canoeing, biking, and hiking without any complaints are behind us. But the urge is still there to get out among the trees and under a sky that sometimes drenches, but generally feeds our well being, and we decided to find a circular route that included some of the greener parts of our city. It is to be a continuous, circular, linked route that ends where we started, without retracing except for handling our car drops.

Bill is both younger and fitter than me, and he hiked across England a few years ago. It was his suggestion though that settled our technique. He suggested that we

      START SLOW AND TAPER.

This is not to be a get from point A to point B sort of thing. And if we see an interesting side trail, or a pond, or simply some people to talk to, that distraction will become part of the official experience. The trip is the key, not the destination.

The first day has a name: "Top of the Hill and Beside the River". Soon I'll tell you what it was like, and what we saw.

#88

Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...

Last post by Jason - July 11, 2026, 08:37:22 AM

I believe they just got green lit for an animated show.

Oh, that's interesting! Any word on whether Fillion might be voicing it?

#89

Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...

Last post by Jason - July 11, 2026, 08:34:52 AM

Nathan Fillion has went on to be famous in both Castle and The Rookie (plus others) where he famously pulls in Firefly in either scenes or cameos from stars. Early Castle had him wear his Captain uniform from Firefly with his daughter saying "Come on dad, give it up, that was so 10 years ago"

He's really fun in the rookie. The show is quite good, honestly, with some interesting story lines and cool villains. But as a middle-aged guy fresh out of the police academy, Fillion takes the show with the young pups.

#90

General Discussion / Re: HAM Radio Field Day - This...

Last post by ssfc72 - June 27, 2026, 07:47:31 AM

Thanks Scott.  I might drive to your setup, on my motorcycle, early this evening, to say Hi. :-)