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Durham Forest comes alive

Autumn’s first flush had flamed the treetops when we hiked Durham Forest a couple of weeks ago. Imagine what a show we’ll see by mid-October, I told my daughter.
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Explore Whitby’s Waterfront

On a Sunday far too balmy for late October, my daughter and I bundled our bikes into the van and headed for the Whitby Waterfront Trail at the foot of Brock Street. The parking lot at Lion’s Promenade was packed – lots of people in shirtsleeves and shorts here to enjoy summer’s last hurrah....
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A trail of two waterfronts in Ajax

Our hike today has us waiting for spring and longing for summer. We can just imagine the blue-green winter waves dressed in summer’s sapphire blue. The vista from the Ajax Waterfront Trail makes it easy. We walk the asphalt trail that wends along the bluff high above the shoreline. The edge is close enough to allow you marvel at the view, but not close enough to make you queasy....
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Gettin' down at Heber Down

Kids and creeks go together like peanut butter and jam. When my children were younger, we often satisfied our “creek fix” at Heber Down Conservation Area in Whitby....
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