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After COVID! This year, 2026, David Foster, on his own, intends to make one attempt to complete this walking pilgrimage ! . . . to ==>>
2026 Cross of Victory Pilgrimage !
2026 Cross of Victory Pilgrimage !
This year is the 100th anniversary of the dedication of Martyrs' Shrine - 1926-2026 !!!
The intention is to walk the five days of about 150 kilometres this first week of August 2026 !
This will be done by camping with a shelter and a ground sheet, an 80 Litre - 50 lb. pound pack, foraging at any place offering any food, supplemented by protein bars and dried snacks. BioSteel electrolyte powder and Mio liquid electrolyte water enhancers, with a full load of 4 litres of water, 4 kilograms or 8.82 lb.s pounds of that 50 pound pack, will hydrate. There will not be any campfire or camp stove, as there will not be any cooking - there is no room to carry all that !
Rain or shine, this is fine !
This will be done without any chase vehicle, and the return trip will be by public transit.
We, or rather, I, walk to pray for forgiveness of us all, for the sin of abortion, as well as every other of a myriad of sins, in the JOY inherent, of this fully as intended Kingdom of God and Heaven, that is here now, in this eternal now, "at hand" !
Matthew 10:7 NRSVCE - "As you go, proclaim the good news, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.' "
JOIN ME NEXT YEAR, 2027 !!!
Check back here in late August for all the details !!! . .. with photographs and possibly video !
Check out, on this website, the previous years before Covid, from 2010, and 2014, up to 2019, when our group numbered around 50 pilgrims !
32 hours over five days is 6.4 hours a day of carrying a 41.18 lb. to 50 lb. pack, on average, including 8.82 lb.s of water being a full load of water.
143 kilometres over five days is 28.6 kilometres a day, on average, carrying a 41.18 lb. to 50 lb. pack, on average, including 8.82 lb.s of water being a full load of water.
32 hours over five days is 6.4 hours a day of carrying a 41.18 lb. to 50 lb. pack, on average, 8.82 lb.s of water being a full load of water.
143 kilometres over five days is 28.6 kilometres a day, on average, carrying a 41.18 lb. to 50 lb. pack, on average, including 8.82 lb.s of water being a full load of water.
2026-08-04 -->> 08-05 Attempt !!!
2026-08-04 -->> 08-05 Attempt !!!
So the short story is that I was dehydrated Wednesday morning, but not thirsty. I was experiencing many near black outs as I walked, at around 8:30am, and I recognized how I was feeling as being the same as when I was told by my doctor in 2025 that I could do permanent damage if I did not address the issues associated with that feeling. I couldn't remember if this advise was directed toward the black outs or the dehydration.
So I ended the walk on the morning of the second day, Wednesday, August 5th, 2026, at 10:00 am or so.
That afternoon I remembered that I noticed my urine was dark around 6:30am that morning, and so much so I opened the toilet stall door to let in light to confirm it was dark. It was as dark as when my creatin was at 147, and a dark orange, in volume about 250ml. Normal creatin blood levels are about 60 to 70 for a man. I dismissed this at the time as I had peed twice the evening before, in the woods adjacent to the campsite, and I did pee that morning, albeit it was only about 250 ml and very dark orange. At least I was peeing.
More updates to follow !!! ., . , , , , in the coming days !
During the Day Maps and info . . . . .
During the Day Maps and info . . . . .
2026-08-04--05 Final Maps !!!
2026-08-04--05 Final Maps !!!
Photographs with the iPhone - for efficient convenience !
Photographs with the iPhone - for efficient convenience !
Photographs with the digital camera - to save iPhone battery power !
Photographs with the digital camera - to save iPhone battery power !
Table of Contents !
Monday, September 8th, to Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 !
Monday, September 8th, to Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 !
2025-09-08 ==>> 2026-09-09
I bailed out on the second day, near the community of Loretto, as I came to the conclusion I don't want to complete this pilgrimage alone, solely because no one else will believe they too are capable of doing this, so I don't want to exclude myself from potential pilgrims in that way. . . . . something like that.
I want people to experience and know the JOY of such a mere endeavour, and I feel if I complete it alone, no one else will ever consider that they too, not only can complete this pilgrimage, but do so in JOY and the full benefits of such a life experience !!!
Monday, September 8th, 2025 ! 4:30 am !
I weigh 190 pounds. Note the right big toenail growing back, that was lost after being dislodged on the walk the previous August, 2025, ending that Pilgrimage attempt.
Fully dressed with all equipment the weight without the pack is 203 pounds.
With the pack, I weigh 237 pounds, making the weight of the pack alone, 47 pounds, including 4 kilograms, as 4 litres of water, contributing 8.82 pounds to the fully loaded back pack.
Leaving home at 4:30 in the morning to walk to the Go Station, being a 250 pound operation.
Lunch where I meet the Caledon Trailway Path.
The pack, water bottle and Crucifix Standard.
Watch your step. Anomolous holes abound !!!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 !
Morning Break !
Morning Break !
Lunch !!!
Lunch !!!
Coming back from the walk in August 2025, we drove the route I walked to find this sign as we drove back along the route I walked in the other direction, so as to not see this sign when I walked.
Yes there are a lot of hills in this section starting at highway 9, around 10 am. But at 10 am I can just see the 5pm hill in the distance that overshadows all the hills of the late morning part of this walk !
I believe this old man came out to see who was walking up the road. He claimed to be in the market for a pumpkin or squash, where I ended my walk at about 2:30 pm. I saw him on his way back down the road without a squash, so I really think he came out to see who was walking his road !!!
This is the intersection near Loretto where I ended this pilgrimage attempt, with this view of the squash market, that operates on the honour system of put your money in the box.
Well this sucks ! I decided to call it off, as the mind game went that way. People wanted me to work this week, and no one seems to want to enJOY this opportunity, but most importantly it would truly and really be a failure if the Myth Business became "David can do it because he can do things no one else can !!!" That would be the worst !!! So I establish that I can't do it alone, so COME WITH ME !!!
Calling it off shortly after 2:30pm, I only ended the mapping recording at 4:30pm, as I was picked up.
Yeah, a few angry unapproved posts because I am disgusted that no one appreciates how great this wine is as they eschew such life giving water, drunk on the depleted due to over consumption of the intoxicants, that is better than all such intoxicants !!!
Nyaaahhh !
Next year's another year. Walk this way !!!
2025-08-05 to 08-07
2025-08-05 to 08-07
Tuesday, August 5th, to Thursday August 7th, 2025 - 65 kilometres in two days, 34 km and 31 km.
Tuesday, August 5th, to Thursday August 7th, 2025 - 65 kilometres in two days, 34 km and 31 km.
Tuesday, August 5th, to Thursday August 7th, 2025 - 65 kilometres in two days, 34 km and 31 km.
32.5 kilometres a day averaged - faster than last years 111 km in four days, at averaging 27.75 kilometres a day. !!!
2025-08-03 All ready to go. . . . right the next morning after Art in the Park !
2025-08-03:
Scale Zeroed !
2025-08-03:
Fully dressed at 201 lb.s pounds.
2025-08-03:
Fully dressed with all equipment including full 750 mL drinking bottle and crucifix .
210 lb.s pounds.
2025-08-03:
247 lb.s pounds fully dressed with all equipment to be carried, and pack without 4 kilograms - 4 litres - of water -- 8.82 lb.s pounds.
247 lb.s pounds altogether . . .
Pack 37 lb.s plus 8.82 lb.s of 4 litres of water, makes this all 245.82 lb.s pounds to be carried for a start.
2025-08-06 -- Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 ! . . . . a few photos and a few paintings ?
Looking back south from the 10am morning break just past highway nine, here is a potential spring overnight spot, for when the parks are not open.
This is what it's like from about 10 am until noon. If it's not up it is down.
Lunch 2025-08-06
There it is - the hill I saw at 10am in the morning on break ! Now its about 3pm.
So impressed I was, I painted this !!!
Last break before The 5pm Hill !
Here it comes . . . . .
. . . . and there it is and here I am . .. ..
Looking back now at 5pm or so, I can see where I first saw this hill from, at 10am this day.
Looking back now at 5pm or so, I can see where I first saw this hill from, at 10am this day.
Looking back down the hill I just climbed ! . . . . around 5pm.
Looking north where I have to go !
Here is a panorama shot from the top of The Hill, before I continue north down the hill on the right.
2025-08-07 -- Thursday morning !!!
Woke up and called it off. . .. . . I had dislodged the big toenail on my right foot, sometime on the first day, Tuesday, that I did not realize until Tuesday night after I took my boots off. I walked with that dislodged toenail all day Wednesday, but Thursday would be harder and more remote, so I chose caution.
2024-08-21 !!!
2024-08-21 !!!
This year, 2024, there is much less of these pilgrimages left.
The burden of providing for the large group with routes, overnights, food and transportation, has become unsustainable, as those who shouldered such burden are no longer available, and no one else has stepped forward to bear that burden, whether able to do so or not.
I have taken it upon myself to not only carry on, but transform this great walk into something that is more sustainable, without severe fundraising, and only requiring limited resources, that are immediately provided by each and every pilgrim. Each pilgrim may bear their own burden fully and completely.
Please confirm with us to verify that is what we are doing, and receive further information in order to Register with us, and get yourself or group on the email notification list, by contacting David Foster at CofVPilgrimage@gmail.com !
The intent at this point, is to re-attempt the full 6 day walk from Burlington (South Common Centre - Mississauga) to Martyrs' Shrine, to arrive at their celebration of the Feast Day of the Canadian Martyrs, in September. This will likely be with a 35 - 40 lb. pack, replenishing food and meals along the way, as well as water. This will also depend on my availability due to employment.
If you wish to meet me at Martyrs' Shrine for the 7:30pm Mass where they will celebrate the Feast Day of the Canadian Martyrs' that day, please contact me to confirm I will be there. CofVPilgrimage@gmail.com
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Next year, 2025, I hope to have established from this year, 2024, confirmed overnight rest stops, so that others may join us, also carrying 35 to 45 lb. packs, removing the need for fundraising and further arranged commitments.
Completing the approximately 170 kilometres of walking, in up to 30 kilometres a day, is not as hard as I thought it would be, and I did complete 31 kilometres with a 56 lb. pack, so that can be done, but it was 11 and a half hours - too long. Even that day, I was not hungry, but I did drink 4.5 litres of electrolyte.
I have demonstrated that 30 kilometres can be covered in 9 hours with a 44 lb. backpack. This was done surmounting the Niagara Escarpment on Tuesday, July 23rd, and the same return trip made the next day, in the same time of 9 hours with the same backpack weight, after overnighting at a campground.
Pilgrimage : 6 days 170 kilometres - Attempt 2 of 2 - in 4 days 111 kilometres were completed - with a 50 to 55 lb. backpack !
Pilgrimage : 6 days 170 kilometres - Attempt 2 of 2 - in 4 days 111 kilometres were completed - with a 50 to 55 lb. backpack !
Solo - Monday, September 23rd, to Thursday, September 26th, 2024 !
Solo - Monday, September 23rd, to Thursday, September 26th, 2024 !
Monday, September 23rd, 2024 - 31.62 kilometres = 31.62 kilometres Total to date !
Monday, September 23rd, 2024 - 31.62 kilometres = 31.62 kilometres Total to date !
7:30 am at St. John the Baptist, then by walking and transit to South Common Centre, lunch, and walking from 11:06am to 10:13pm, all with a 50 lb. backpack, and drinking about two litres of BioSteel and Mio electrolyte water.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 - 28 kilometres + 31.62 = 59.62 kilometres Total to date !
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 - 28 kilometres + 31.62 = 59.62 kilometres Total to date !
Began walking at 7:53 am at Caledon Brick Works, walking the Caledon Rail Trail to Inglewood, for coffee and 2 butter tarts at Coywolf Coffee, then to dinner in Caledon East at Tom's Family Restaurant from 3pm to 4pm, then walking to Albion Hills Conservation Area for setting up camp at 6:42pm, all with a 50 lb. backpack, and drinking about two litres of BioSteel and Mio electrolyte water. Most of the day was rain, and a Severe Rainfall Warning was issued for Tuesday night, and it did really rain overnight !!! I gave out three cards on the trail and one at the restaurant this day !
The last road crossing on the Caledon Rail Trail before Caledon East, was where the trail was closed for the replacement and construction of a culvert on the trail ! So I checked the online map and found the detour to the north was shorter, so there it is !
A stroll down the sidewalks of Caledon East, for two thirds of the detour !
This is the Catholic Secondary School that housed us for many years, where a retreat was hosted for the Sunday of the 8 day pilgrimage.
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 - 31.85 kilometres + 59.62 = 91.47 kilometres Total to date !
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 - 31.85 kilometres + 59.62 = 91.47 kilometres Total to date !
The morning began with rain, but just as I was to begin packing up the shelter, the rain stopped for the day, and cleared up around 11am, more or less. The night before was a Severe Rainfall Warning issued for Tuesday night, and it did really rain overnight !!! Nothing got wet from the rain though, albeit everything was already wet with sweat if not rain from walking Tuesday ! Began walking at 8:12 am at Albion Hills Conservation Area Campground, walking Highway 50 - Airport Road, to Palgrave, stopping after Highway 9 for a refill of electrolyte, daily readings posting, and a protein bar. Around 12:30 I stopped for an hour to charge, and ate a handfull or more of raisins and almonds. Around 3pm I stopped at an address driveway, and refilled the drinkng bottle with electrolyte for what I thought would be the last time before Alliston Freshco, about 15 kilometres away !!! Then behind my back a truck pulled in the driveway as I was turned away putting up the pack, and asked "Everything O.K.?" That turned out to be the refilling of all three litres ! As I thanked the young man and left, I thought to take a picture to record the address, turned around to walk, and another truck pulled up who's driver I had talked to about 2 hours earlier, and he had water too!!! Later that day a white truck heading north stopped and asked "Are you the same guy I saw in Palgrave on my way to work this morning?" I gave him a card, making it three cards handed out for that day !
I went to Freshco in Alliston for food for the night and the next night, consisting of 4 apples, 400 grams cheese, a 600 gram kielbasa, five plum tomatoes, a 700ml Coke Zero, a Brio, 1 litre 2% milk. I drank the milk, ate an apple and two tomatoes at Freshco before jaunting off to the gate house for Earl Rowe Provincial Part. The young woman asked, so I told the story and gave her a fourth card for the day. Arrived to set up camp in the dark at 7:25pm, ate anothe apple and drank the Brio. This day was all with a 50 lb. backpack, and drinking about five litres of BioSteel and Mio electrolyte water.
Looking downhill makes a distant flat road look like the next hill !!!
Can you see the soybean?
They are every five feet or so on Old Church Road and Airport Road - Highway 50 !!!
The address of my water salvation !!!
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 - 20.29 kilometres + 91.47 = 111.76 kilometres Total to date !
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 - 20.29 kilometres + 91.47 = 111.76 kilometres Total to date !
Up before dawn to drink a 700ml Coke Zero and eat the daily can of tuna, daylight arrived around 7am for me to pack up and leave at 8:16am, having to do a loop south and back to get out of the Earl Rowe Provincial Park, before a classic big hill. I chose to go north then east as Google Maps claims there to be less hills that preferred way. It was better than east before north, as that route runs across gullies on the east side of the valley.
I was carrying an additional 4 or 5 pounds, of a 600gm kielbasa, 400gms of cheese, three apples of about 1.5 pounds or 700gms, about 600 gms of roma tomatoes, and a full load of 3 litres of water to replenish the 750ml water bottle with electrolyte. That extra food alone was 2.3 kg amounting to about 5 pounds. So I was back up to that pesky 55 lbs that did me in on August 6th in the rain.
So the day was sunny, dry, breezy and cool - all day. I drank about 4 litres the day before, in the heat and humidity, but this day, Thursday, I did not replenish the 750ml water bottle until after 2 pm break ! But in 8 hours and 35 minutes of being on the road, I was only moving, walking, 4 hours and 45 minutes, maintaining only a speed of 2.4 kph including breaks. In that time I covered only 20 kilometers.
So when I crossed the river east of Baxter, and found a good spot, I took yet another rest to reconsider.
Since morning a pesky comment on FaceBook pestered me all day. Some Russian priest was known for saying and praying "Lord have Mercy" for every step he took. So that implies and assumes suffering. So if I screw up I will be relieved of such "suffering" permanently, and that is not any potential outcome to play around with.
With 8 to 10 kilometres to go at 4:30pm, I considered that would take about 4 hours, at current rate, and possibly longer as fatigue would set in. That would only make my arrival at the overnight to be in the dark around 8pm, after being on the road 12 hours. In my addled brain I considered I walked 11 hours on Monday, but confused that with starting at 11am on Monday, whereas I started at 8:16 this day, Thursday.
Still it was only to be 4 hours and arriving at 8:30 or 9pm. Monday I arrived at 10pm. Yet there were more unknowns on this overnight site, so there was a risk.
Furthermore, there would be no water at all until the end of the day Friday, so I would be committed on the Nottawasaga Rail Trail with no chance to replenish water! Possible, but unknown. Food wise I would be ok, but I still had to carry that extra 5 pounds of food. But only maybe The Fry Guy would be open.
And my phone is not charging every so often, starting today. . . . .
Hmm . . .. .
So in light of all the condemnation I chose to cave in and try again next year. You would be surprised how many people skip past calling me nuts and outright say such a pilgrimage can't be done, even as I am doing it.
God Bless !!!
Puzzle Plants !!!!
Flicker Plants !!!
There's a 40 minute walk to no advantage !!!
The Hill is on the left and the 55lb pack is on the right by the gate.
Zoom in!!! Wind turbines in the distance !!!
Don't complain. If it weren't for the septic tank pumping service sign, the Crucifix would be grounded !
Show a little love !!!
The pack made it that far, so I walked ahead for a photo of where it came from.
This is the End.
Epilogue --- Friday, September 27th, 2024 -- 55 lb. backpack concluding 111.76 kilometres Total to date !
Epilogue --- Friday, September 27th, 2024 -- 55 lb. backpack concluding 111.76 kilometres Total to date !
Having waited from the 4:45pm phone call, until 7:30pm for the ride back to the world, and eaten the kielbasa, and two apples, I contacted family to let them know I was safe off the road.
Their response was often that I had come back to my senses. This is a problem - the problem of people saying it can't be done, even as it is being done.
This to me is why the pilgrimage is a good way to pray for forgiveness for abortion on behalf of everyone, as well as everything else.
Being told that I cannot do this pilgrimage in this way, without chase vehicles, trucks, large tents, and a large group, is to me the same as saying to any young or old person that they must have an abortion because they do not have the means to provide and raise a child - it cannot be done.
Furthermore, my own perspective, is that there is JOY in the Gospel that succeeds and surmounts any suffering therein !!!
I walked this pilgrimage in JOY, and I did not consider it any hardship. The stuff I saw and the JOY of the experience surmounted any so called suffering.
Only when it became clear that the Opposition to this pilgrimage would have a chance to shut it down, did I consider not completing it. As for me, I did not concern myself with whether it could be done or not, but rather enJOYed doing it. I know it can be done.
Next year, anyone who may demonstrate they can carry a 40 lb. backpack 30 kilometres in 9 hours, camp, and return the next day, is extremely welcome to join this pilgrimage !!! If we have 12 pilgrims, we qualify to have paid campgrounds all the way on private or municipal property !! Please declare your intention by mid June 2025 !
I have written permission from my healthcare that I may attempt this pilgrimage, and I will do so again next year.
I have encountered implied opposition to completing this pilgrimage. Be warned. It will be completed.
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The next day, Friday, I weighed my pack to find it was 54 lb.s as shown in the two photographs of the scale . 250 -196 = 54 This was after eating the kielbasa and the apples. So I was carrying at least 55 lb.s the last day, Thursday, that I walked the pilgrimage, covering about 20 kilometres in about 8 hours. In four more hours I could have completed the remaining 10 or so kilometres, by about 9 pm.
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250 lb.s with the pack !
196 lb.s without the pack, making the pack weigh 54 lb.s !
Why Pilgrimage ? The Novena to the Canadian Martyrs and more information about them. . .
Why Pilgrimage ? The Novena to the Canadian Martyrs and more information about them. . .
The only reason I still have healthcare, endorsed by my healthcare, who provided written permission for this backpacking pilgrimage, is because when people claim I am crazy, out of my senses, I like to have a professional opinion.
Pilgrimage : 6 days 170 kilometres - Attempt 1 of 2 -
Pilgrimage : 6 days 170 kilometres - Attempt 1 of 2 -
Solo - Monday, August 5th, to Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 !
Solo - Monday, August 5th, to Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 !
Sunny and warm.
After Monsignor Philipp's blessing, departed St. John the Baptist Parish Church on Brant Street, Burlington, at 8am, took transit to South Common Centre, Mississauga, and began walking from there at 11:07am, to arrive at Cheltenham Brick Works, or Caledon Brick Works, at 10:32pm.
The pack weighed 56lb.s .. That was a mistake. At 27% more weight, over what was the 44 lb.s on the 3rd Training Walk, it took me 27% longer to complete the almost 31 kilometres that Monday - 11.5 hours compared to 9 hours.
I drank 4.5 litres that Monday, and Tuesday morning I wrung out the sweat from my clothes. I did not eat once I began walking, even though I had ready to eat food, but forced down a protein bar before turning in for the night.
As all my friends and relations were concerned, I conceded without realizing, and took 6 days of food. That increased the weight I was carrying from 44 lb.s to 56 lb.s, which is an increase of 27%. This increased the time to cover the same 30 kilometres per day, by 27%, 11.5 hours instead of the previous 9 hours.
On the Tuesday morning it was the Caledon Rail Trail, without any real grade changes along the route, but isolated between road crossings by as much as 2 or 3 kilometres. As it was raining, I had a rain poncho over the pack, which made it impossible to take off the pack. I walked 1 hour and 52 minutes without taking off the pack. I made good time, but I felt is was a risk of injury to not remove the pack for breaks.
This combined with the fact that I was violating the two commitments I made to 1: not walk alone, solo; and 2: have permission to overnight on private property ( not to overnight on public right-of-ways) ; made me choose to concede to all those concerned for my safety, and consider instead, another attempt this year, likely arriving at the Shrine for the celebration there of the Feast Day of the Canadian Martyrs.
The next attempt, I will only take two days of ready to eat food, as at least every two days I will be able to purchase food and meals, the same as I had originally intended to refill water.
I hope you enJOY the photographs of this and these adventures enough to consider joining me next year, with a 35 lb. pack of your own, to carry the burden of your own weight for the duration of this devotion, that propels each hemisphere of the brain into the other, causing spectacular revelasions !!!
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Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 - Caledon Brick Works to Coywolf Cafe, Inglewood, via the Caledon Rail Trail -- in light rain !
Tuesday, August 6th, 2024 - Caledon Brick Works to Coywolf Cafe, Inglewood, via the Caledon Rail Trail -- in light rain !
3rd Training Walk - Solo - Second Overnight - Day 02 - of two !
3rd Training Walk - Solo - Second Overnight - Day 02 - of two !
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 .
Sunny and warm. 7:45 am at Flamboro Valley Camping on Reg. Rd. 97, Flamboro, fo St. John the Baptist Parish Church on Brant Street arriving at 4:50 pm.
About 30 kilometres each way.
44 lb.s pack with 4 litres of water.
3rd Training Walk - Solo - Second Overnight - Day 01 - of two !
3rd Training Walk - Solo - Second Overnight - Day 01 - of two !
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024 .
Sunny and warm. 7:25 am at St. John the Baptist Parish Church on Brant Street, to Flamboro Valley Camping on Reg. Rd. 97, Flamboro, arriving at 4:30 pm.
About 30 kilometres each way.
44 lb.s pack with 4 litres of water.
2nd Training Walk - First Overnight - Day 02 - of Two !
2nd Training Walk - First Overnight - Day 02 - of Two !
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 .
Sunny and warm.
Bronte Creek Provincial Park down Bronte Road to Rebecca Street, and west to Appleby Line and New Street, about 12 kilometres one way.
From there we took transit the rest of the way. Paul's back was sore from sleeping on the ground.
David's pack was about 50 lb.s and carried 4 litres of water. Paul's pack was about 40 lb.s and carried 4.2 litres of water.
2nd Training Walk - First Overnight - Day 01 - of Two !
2nd Training Walk - First Overnight - Day 01 - of Two !
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 .
Heavy rain until Tremaine Road at noon, beginning shortly after starting just after 8 am.
Flooding throughout the GTA that day. Flooding at Bronte Creek Provincial Park campsites and roadway, as shown. It was a once-in-a-hundred-year storm, that flooded out docks in Oakville Harbour, detaching them and pushing them downstream toward the lake.
Downtown Burlington to Bronte Creek Provincial Park .. . . through north Burlington and via Dundas Highway, about 17 kilometres one way.
David's pack was about 50 lb.s and carried 4 litres of water. Paul's pack was about 40 lb.s and carried 4.2 litres of water.
1st Training Walk - DAY 01 - of One !
1st Training Walk - DAY 01 - of One !
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 .
No rain until after completion at the Pub, then rain on the way home by transit. Downtown Burlington to Palermo Pub.. . . about 16 kilometres one way.
Just day packs. Paul and David.
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