Healthy Living Partnership Middlesex-London

Thames Valley Trail Association Inc.

SATURDAY MORNING WALKS

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

WINTER 2010/11 SCHEDULE

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

Medway Valley

Thanks a lot to all of you who have made my hikes with TVTA so pleasurable and stimulating! Thanks to the hike leaders, their knowledge and skill, which meant that I did not have to study the route. Thank you for helping out when it came to selling off our worldly belongings before we have to go home again.   I will remember TVTA fondly and carry your badge proudly.

24 hikers met at the Eastern end of Gainsborough Road on Thursday to traipse up and down Medway Valley Heritage Forrest. We also passed Brescia College at one point - the wheat now harvested which grew there not so long ago.

Duck or jump?

Medway Creek

Fungus on wood

There seemed to be even more wildflowers out than before: striking Goldenrod, starry blue Chicory, small white daisies, little pink Wild Sweet Peas and many more.

A plant of the Salvia family, probably Blue Vervain

A good example of Poison Ivy - don't touch.

Stoney Creek Valley

On this humid and hazy Tuesday morning a large number of ramblers met up at the end of Windermere Road. I have no real idea of where the hike leader took us: we crossed Adelaide Street and Windermere Road and certainly spent some time in Stoney Creek Valley, but probably also in Sprucedale Park and Kilally West Northside.

A lone duck in Stoney Creek.

39 hikers: a strong group had fun for over two hours.

Towards the end of the hike, a Great Blue Heron emerged from the Valley.

We also came across a deer - but I am glad to say, not many stinging and biting insects. Which was surprising really, considering the high temperatures and sauna-like humidity.