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Revert Skatepark (London, Ontario)
This is quite possibly the strangest skatepark you will ever see. It’s set inside a church. You can see the stage that is used as The Altar for Sunday Service. The floor we are skating on is where the congregation sits. You can see all of the chairs stacked up along the wall. It’s called…
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Failure is Often the First Step in the Learning Process
Tony Hawk is the greatest skateboarder the world has ever seen. But he didn’t get there without some pain, hard work, and lots of effort. He recently posted this on Facebook and I think it serves as food for thought. In everything we do, there is a learning curve. Tony Hawk didn’t fail with this…
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Pipes and Rails Skatepark Tour
I went out skateboarding on Saturday and was elated that I could still do so in the middle of December. I really wanted to go out again today but it was raining and miserable. However, I didn’t let that stop me. I could skate all winter long if I wanted. It’s a bit of a…
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Dumfries Conservation Area Trail Run
It’s time for another photographic tour. This time, I’m running the trails at Dumfries Conservation Area in Cambridge, Ontario. This sculpture has an interesting story behind it. It is told in a plaque at the base of it. “For approximately one hundred and twenty years, there grew a magnificent fifty foot red oak tree in…
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Autumn in Kains Woods (Photographic Tour)
It’s a cool morning for a run but I just discovered a new trail and I’m excited about exploring it. Welcome to Kains Woods in London, Ontario. This is the entrance to the trail just off of Westdel Bourne and Oxford Street. It’s starts out as a paved multi-use trail that is part of the…
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Sifton Bog Trail Run
I went to Sifton Bog once before and only found a short boardwalk with no running trails on it. This week, however, I found that there is a second entrance to the bog with plenty of nature trails. It’s a little difficult to see where the nature trail begins but behind this sign there is…
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Kiwanis Skateboard Plaza (Visual Tour)
Kiwanis Skateboard Plaza is an incredible skateboard park in London, Ontario, Canada. I love an early morning skate. It gives me a chance to get a little bit of workout first thing in the morning. And most of the time, the skateparks are empty at this time so I can have the entire run completely…
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Running Alongside the Thames (Downtown London)
The Thames Valley Parkway in London, Ontario is an excellent paved trail that runs for over 40 kilometers. Today, I laced up my shoes, grabbed my camera, and went for a run along five kilometers of it. I started at Ivy Park in the downtown core and ran alongside the Thames River. The Walter J.…
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Merritt Trail (Mountain Locks Park)
It’s time for another photgraphic tour. This time we are going to the Merritt Trail located at Mountain Locks Park in St. Catherines, Ontario. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started off on my trail run this weekend. It looked like the trail ran alongside a road, but I was hoping it would…
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Swayze Falls Trail – Short Hills Provincial Park
I ran a trail at Short Hills Conservation area in St. Catherines Ontario a few weeks back and really enjoyed myself. Today, I was looking forward to exploring a brand new trail there. I had heard that there was a waterfalls in this park so when I saw this sign, I knew it was the…