Local Adventures

A late-season blast of snow meant that I giddily woke up early to go for a bike ride. Wearing the GoPro HERO7 on its new chest mount harness, I pedalled around the west side of downtown Toronto…

2020 has been a lonely year of pandemic-induced isolation—except when we got outside on our bikes. So when a friend invited us to the Santa For Safe Streets ride down Yonge Street this month, we were thrilled to join in!

On what will probably be the last warm “coats-optional” weekend of 2020 in Canada, we cycled the Beltline Trail in Toronto.

We took our Bromptons to explore the wild juxtaposition that is The Spit – half construction dumping zone, half protected wildlife park – in the heart of downtown Toronto.

We haven’t cycled much on Toronto’s east side, so we took the GO train to Rouge Hill station and checked out the eastern edge of the Waterfront Trail and the Highland Creek Trail.

On Toronto’s 100th day of coronavirus lockdown (in Stage 1 of reopening), we marked the occasion by cycling to IKEA and picking up some patio furniture.

Check out our video of Cycle Toronto’s Coldest Day of the Year Ride!

Toronto is a huge city with lots of bike routes we haven’t explored – like the Finch Hydro Corridor. So this weekend we checked it out!

A beautiful ride on the Waterfront Trail from Toronto to Port Credit reminds us that there are lots of great cycling trips to be discovered in our home province.

In 2015, Toronto hosted the Pan Am Games and unveiled the Pan Am Path! This multi-use trail runs from the most north-easterly point of the city (Claireville Dam where Toronto…