Running (Trail & Road) 2:50:00 [2]
We didn't go away for Labour Day weekend because we've been away too much, but we still wanted a change of scenery, so 'Bent, BulletDog and I drove over to Inglewood to get a different starting point for our run. The original plan had been to bike to Inglewood, but ironically, it took 'Bent so long to fix his bike rack this morning that we had to cut the biking from the agenda! Probably just as well, as this was more than enough effort for the Sunday following a rogaine.
We couldn't find our ESAR 2005 maps that would guide us through the trail network from the village of Inglewood up to the Bruce Trail and back again at the end of the run, but hey, how hard could it be? Um, actually not as easy as you'd think. We didn't have a compass, so we were navigating by the sun and by looking at the shape of the escarpment. Periodically, we'd get views that would let us know where we were. "Oh crap, there's the golf course. We're too far south." But the exploration was fun, and once we got to the Bruce Trail, it was an easy (if sometimes hilly) jog to Belfountain. We walked on the steepest hills - and down Devil's Pulpit, which is technically a cliff, not a hill. We had a wonderful 40-minute break at the Shed Coffee Bar in Belfountain, sipping iced mocha and scarfing down cookies while we people-watched from the patio. BulletDog took advantage of their big dog bowl, then sprawled happily in the shade. She went swimming a few times along our route, and was just about as happy as a Lab could be. We'll both sleep well tonight!
