Fwd: Maintenance report - TVTA - northern sections

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From: Alan W Day <aday@uwo.ca>
Date: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Subject: Maintenance report - TVTA - northern sections
To: john maccabe <maccabej@gmail.com>

Report on maintenance of Thames Valley Trail (northern sections between Fanshawe and St. Mary's.

- Plover Mills Rd. - Ebenezer Rd.- done week of July 19
- Ebenezer Rd.-Hwy 7 - done week of July 19
- Golf course north of Hwy 7 - done week of July 19
- Next section after Golf course (through woods and along the stony path by the river)  - not done but probably not too bad. 

- McDonalds to 'Zigzag' forest - done week of July 19

- 'Zig Zag' to Rannoch Ford - done week of July 19

- Rannoch Ford to the start of the final woods and ravines section near St. Mary's - done week of July 19

- Last section (woods and ravines before access on to road at edge of St. Mary's) - not done but shouldn't be too bad as the woods need little maintenance.

Overall we were pleasantly surprised at how clear the trail was a month after previous maintenance work. The work this time was relatively easy.

The trail is in good shape from Plover Mills Rd to northern terminus.

Hogweed. There are a couple of Hogweed plants amidst a clump of Angelica about 30m off trail in area just south of the ZigZag forest- but these are the only reported ones I know of so far that haven't proved to be something else.

 

Alan Day

TVTA Trail Maintenance Director.