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Hike
The fall board meeting was held in
The Compass 2015 committee work was presented and there were comments on the Key Elements for Risk Management. The Hike Ontario Summit program was presented and it is as follows:
1. Hiking Trails Across
2. Oxfam Trail Walker – Frieda Baldwin, David Francis, Angela Liu, Deanna Rando
3. Training skit – Bark Lake Staff
Volunteer and Long Distance
`Table talk` Discussions 1:00 p.m. – 1: 40 p.m.
Volunteer Recruitment and Management -
Hiking as a Tool for Environmental Stewardship –
Les Francophones et la Nature - Victoria Arshad
Hiking With Kids – Wendy Hoernig
1:50 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Key Elements of Risk Management - Bill Wilson &
Building an Effective Trail Association – Al McPherson
Encouraging Immigrant Women to Hike – Victoria Arshad
2:40 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Hike Leadership- David Francis and Luis Costa
Hiking Pace –
Sunday Hikes: 10:00 a.m.
David Francis – Ganaraska Hiking Trail Al McPherson – Kawartha TransCanada Trail walk
Hike Leader Training:
On Saturday October 3rd we trained 5 new Hike Leaders:
( An equal number of people expressed interest but had conflicting events and a few withdrew at the last minute).
Safe Hiker Training:
On Sunday, October 2nd, I trained a couple of Safe Hikers. I had 3 more people express interest but withdraw when events conflicted with their availability.
I advertised these trainings as part of Ontario Hiking Week. I placed notices and registration forms in Novacks, at the University (in 20 locations on bulletin boards), on the Healthy Active living website, to Students in a Recreational Leadership Program at Fanshawe, in the Trekker and on the Hike Ontario website. I have to confess to a feeling of failure for having generated so little response to these efforts.
I am naturally concerned about the expense to TVTA in renting Grosvenor Lodge to such little effect but also for how to find effective ways to make this program work. I have every confidence in the training as an effective preparation for people to become safe and effective hikers but need ideas about how to promote people to participate.
Respectfully submitted
Healthy Living Partnership Middlesex-London
Thames Valley Trail Association Inc.
Each walk will begin at 9:00 a.m. from the meeting place listed below and will take approximately one hour. All walks are free. Come on out. Have lots of fun walking these beautiful trails and parks all within our City of London.
Families with children welcome. Except for the parks, the following trails will be too rugged for strollers. Wear good boots as there may be mud, roots or rocks. Please leave dogs at home. For more information call John Clark. 519-641-0442 p = Hilly trails
Date | Location | Meeting Place | |
Sep. 4 | Gibbons Park | Gibbons Park at the west end of Victoria Street | |
Sep. 11 | Warbler Woods | Warbler Woods car park, Commissioners Rd., Byron | p |
Sep. 18 | Springbank Park W. | West end parking lot, off Commissioners Road | |
Sep. 25 | Sifton Bog | NW end of Super Store car park, Oxford St. W. | p |
Oct. 2 | Greenway Park | Greenside Ave., first car park on the right | |
Oct. 9 | Meadowlily Woods | Sports Fields, Commissioners Rd., East of Highbury | p |
Oct. 16 | North Branch | North London Sports Field, West end of Kipps Lane | |
Oct. 23 | South Branch | Chelsea Green Park, west side of Adelaide Street | p |
Oct. 30 | Harris Park | Behind the Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre, 78 Riverside Dr. | |
Nov. 6 | Gibbons Park | Gibbons Park at the west end of Victoria Street | |
Nov. 13 | Euston Park | South end of Phyllis St., Off of Emery St., West of Wharncliffe Rd. | p |
Nov. 20 | Springbank Park East | Springbank Gardens, Wonderland Rd., Lower car park. | |
Nov. 27 | Attawandaron Trail | London Museum of Archaeology, Attawandaron Rd. | p |
Dec. 4 | Kilally Meadows | East end of Windermere Rd. East of Adelaide St. | |
Dec. 11 | Medway Creek | North West corner Springett Car Park, UWO, off Western Rd. | p |
Dec. 18 | Sifton Bog | SW corner of Super Store parking lot, Oxford St. W of Hyde Park Rd. | p |
Dec. 25 | No walk today | ||
Jan. 1 | Springbank Park West | West end parking lot, off Commissioners Rd. | |
Jan 8 | South Branch | Chelsea Green Park, west side of Adelaide Street | p |
Jan 15 | South Branch Park East end | South end of Pottersburg Pollution Plant Rd., South from the Hamilton Rd. and Gore Rd. intersection | |
Jan 22 | Westminster Ponds | Behind the Information Centre, Wellington Rd. | p |
Jan 29 | Harris Park | Behind the Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre, 78 Riverside Dr. | |
Feb. 5 | Gibbons Park | Gibbons Park at the west end of Victoria Street | |
Feb. 12 | Euston Park | South end of Phyllis St., Off of Emery St., West of Wharncliffe Rd. | p |
Feb. 19 | Springbank Park East | Springbank Gardens, Wonderland Rd., Lower car park. | |
Feb. 26 | Medway Creek | North West corner Springett Car Park, UWO, off Western Rd. | p |
Mar. 5 | Greenway Park | Greenside Ave., first car park on the right | |
Mar. 12 | Fox Hollow | Jaycee Park car park, Aldersbrook Rd., East of Aldersbrook Gate | p |
Mar. 19 | North Branch | North London Sports Field, West end of Kipps Lane | |
Mar. 26 | Westminster Ponds | Behind the Information Centre, Wellington Rd. | p |
