My neighbours from previous night are leaving. Your least scenic shot of the day. Bye.
Good morning, welcome to day six of my adventure. It is Saturday, September the 4th and I'm just
eating breakfast. I've packed up my camp. My experience thus far at the lock stations, amazing.
Highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in staying over here. Here's the plan for today. I
am going to disregard my route. Upon speaking to the lockmaster, he told me that there is a better
route to get to the Lindsay lock station. And I'm going to take him up on it and see what kind of
adventure I'm going to get myself into. Hopefully, it's going to be a great one. I'm going to be
joining the Trans Canada Trail and we'll see the situation there. Hopefully, it is a great gravel
road and not a rocky road. Today I'm going to be travelling about 55-60 KM, so it is a longer day,
but the weather is fantastic. It's not too hot, it is, there is a light breeze and yeah, I'm looking
forward to getting closer to my destination, which is Peterborough. See you on the road.
[upbeat music]
I'm currently riding on Simcoe Street and I've been riding next to a pretty
significant solar farm. Overall, Simcoe Street has been beautiful.
Very little traffic. However, I have a hill coming up. Let's see how steep it is.
[upbeat music]
Hill, hills, hills for days! I'm in the Kawartha Lakes region or area and I am currently
getting into Manilla. Now, I'm still in Canada, I'm not in the Philippines,
the spelling is different, but I thought this was a, kind of cute. So I thought I
would share it with you. Simcoe Street has turned into a pretty major road.
Because this is a Saturday of a long weekend, there's a lot of traffic going north,
but some considerable traffic coming south as well. Again, a lot of rolling hills started
in this region as well, so I've been doing some, I've been doing some hike-a-bike, but
nothing, nothing that I can't do. So my spirits are still high. I'm munching on some
sugary foods and I'm looking forward to joining the Trans Canada Trail momentarily. Alright! See
you on the road. I'm taking a bit of a pause in Manilla, Ontario. It's a community park.
I was hoping to get some water at the community centre there in the background, but no water to
be had. So I think I'll go looking for a little convenience store and see if I can get some water.
One of the other reasons I stopped here is because of this swing set. In a moment I'm going to go
ahead and do what I love most, which is get on that swing and swing away. That was awesome!
[upbeat music]
I made it to the Trans Canada Trail and it is everything that I wanted it to be and
more. And apparently, it goes on like this to Peterborough. So today, I'm stopping at
a lock station in the town named Lindsay. And then from then on,
I'm going to continue to Peterborough tomorrow. And apparently, it's going to be trail like this.
You don't understand how happy I am right now. Because for the past,
I wanna say for about an hour, I've been riding along really fast-moving traffic on Simcoe Street.
[upbeat music]
Look at this. I'm riding and there's apple trees all along the trail.
I'm gonna try to get one. Well it's not the sweetest apple I've ever had,
but it's really refreshing and it's fresh, so, you know... Don't look a
gifted horse in the mouth. Is that what they say? This apple, for right now, is delicious.
[upbeat music]
I'm at the Mariposa Station of the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail. This trail is fantastic. The views
are splendid. The surface is incredible, I couldn't ask for more. This is what
my views are right now. One side of the bridge and let's go to the other side of the bridge.
Stunning. I can't say enough about this trail. It is, it has been truly a dream come true,
and apparently, apparently, there is a Kawartha ice cream store or ice cream shop in Lindsay and
that is where I'm heading. So, let's get to Lindsay and let's get some ice cream.
[upbeat music]
These are some condos on the river. Here's the river.
Here're the locks - coming to them. And here, is my tent. Look at this. While this is not quite
downtown Lindsay, it is very close to downtown and the view is really quite something else.
[music]
I spent my night at lock 33 in Lindsay
and I have some thoughts about this lock. This lock is beautiful. The environment,
the surroundings are beautiful, however, it's not an ideal lock to spend a night at.