Two or three times each week, I try to go out on my bicycle for a recreational ride around my favourite part of London, Ontario (Actually, to be truthful, it rarely amounts to three times).
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Firstly, we look eastwards and ride along Oxford Street ....
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Passing my prospective car dealer ....
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The London Muslim Mosque ....
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At the Bradford Bridge over the Thames River (No, not the River Thames - Originally built in 1882 in wood, and rebuilt in 1954), we turn turn southwards ....
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Continuing south, alongside the river ....
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... until reaching Harris Park and the Queens Avenue and Riverside Drive bridges ....
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Thus, arriving at 'The Forks' of the Thames River ....
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... where we cross over the river, again, near Ivey Park....
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... past the 'Battle of the Atlantic' Memorial to those who gave their lives at sea in World War II ....
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... and turn westwards on the beautiful bike trail ....
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... under the railway ....
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... joining the trail dedicated to Terry Fox, and passing the Greenway Park Naturalization Project (Designed to replace rare species of hardwood trees, etc., that disappeared with human occupation hundreds of years ago).
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Past the memorial of the 'SS Victoria' boat disaster of 1881. One of Canada's worst marine disasters; the small, double-decked, stern-wheeler was on an excursion trip, dangerously overcrowded with more than 600 passengers, and keeled over due to passengers shifting from one side to the other, and sank immediately. 182 people lost their lives.
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Continuing slowly to capture memorable pictures.
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Under the busy Wonderland Road ....
... towards the Woodland Garden.
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Catching glimpses of the river through heavy tree growth.
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Passing the Springbank Pumphouse that supplied water to the city between 1878 and 1967
(When water from the Great Lakes was brought on line). |
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Continuing westwards towards the children's Storybook Gardens at Springbank Park ....
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Carefully, discuss with the resident Canada Geese how they should protect their young.
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... where we wait for the local train on the 'Circle Line'.
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Then, finally, the end of the trail appears ahead ....
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... inviting us in for a Tim's French Vanilla Latte and Boston Cream donut in Byron Village (Well, don't you just feel like that right now?).
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