Running
Cross country running is one of my favourite activities. I love exploring a new trail, taking some pictures, and sharing my journey with you. Hopefully, you will discover a new trail to explore with these posts and photographic tours.
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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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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…
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A Run Through Southcrest Ravine
Let’s explore Southecrest Ravine in London, Ontario for the latest edition of My Visual Running Tours. I really didn’t know what to expect when I started off on my run today. It certainly didn’t look like much on the trail map of the city I picked up last week. There are a few different entrance…
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Black Walnut Trail – Short Hills Provincial Park
Short Hills Provincial Park is the largest park in the Niagara Region. It’s part of an environmentally significant area known as the Fonthill Kame Moraine. A kame is an irregular hill of sand, gravel and silt which accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface as the…
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Angus McKenzie Trail (St. Thomas, Ontario)
I collect trail runs. I’m always looking for a nice place to go for a jog. Sometimes I have no idea what the trial is going to be like, how long it is, or where exactly it leads. Today, I laced up my shoes, strapped my camera to my wrist, and decided to explore this…
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A Photographic Tour of Coves Trail
It’s time for another edition of my photographic tours! Today, we will be exploring The Coves Swallowtail Grove. Swallowtail Grove is a butterfly garden containing native plants required by butterflies for food and habitat – there is an interpretive sign on site. The grove is accessible from a mowed path through Greenway Park or an…
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Shriner’s Woodlot / Mount Carmel Running Tour
I collect trails. I know that sounds weird but I don’t like running the same routes all the time. I want to find new trails to run, so whenever I find myself in a new city, if I have the time, I steal myself away for a trail run. This weekend I was in Niagara…