NOTE: IN REGARDS TO THE ATV.

Sharp eyes will note a tendency towards negativity whenever the subject of ATVs comes up and a similar attitude towards Snow Machines but not as severe. The reasoning is simple, I remember the Valley before ATVs and being able to walk on trails anywhere, summer or winter. In winter snow machines riding on renegade trails made walking on those trails possible without interfering with users of the official snow machine trails. It was great to be able to go to places you could not go any other time of year such as swamps, streams, lakes, etc.

Regardless of the season anytime a ATV goes over a piece of land it leaves some form of permanent mark. When the ground is wet the ATV driver tends to experience wheel spin which strips off the top layer of an unpaved surface the end result is a rut. When the rut gets deep enough, a new trail has to be started. In drier areas, surface vegetation is stripped off resulting in a surface that is more beach then meadow. Result, trails that were once available to all users are now left almost exclusively to the ATV.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

HOWARDS NATURE TRAIL NOVEMBER 2010

WE START OUR TREK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE WORKS BUILDING

SOCCER FIELD ON THE LEFT.


WE'VE MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN AND NOW HEAD NORTH.

IT WILL BE NOTICED THAT THIS SECTION NEEDS TO BE REFURBISHED.






THIS SECTION LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER.

APPROACHING THE NEW BENCH AND THE LARGER TRAIL.

NO RESPECT FOR MOTHER EARTH.

NOW ON THE MAIN TRAIL.

HANG A LEFT HERE



THERE WAS A TRAIL HERE HONEST.


NEEDS MORE CHIPS.

DITTO THE CHIPS.

NEEDS LESS ASSHOLES USING THIS TRAIL.

NICE EH?



NEEDS MORE CHIPS.


COVER ROOTS, MORE CHIPS REQ'D.


!@#$%^&*




PARK STREET ENTRANCE

INSTEAD OF HEADING TO PARK STREET WE GO RIGHT.
THIS TRAIL WHICH WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE THIS
WIDE HAS BECOME A FAVOURITE SNOWMOBILE &
ATV ROUTE. NOTE THE RUTS. 

DITTO



DISGUSTING!


SOME OF THE NEIGHBOURS  STILL CONSIDER THIS THEIR
 PERSONAL DUMPING GROUND. IT'S A PARK FOR PETE SAKES.


WE NOW TAKE A MAJOR LEAP TO THE REC. CENTRE
 PARKING LOT ENTRANCE.

NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE IS IT.


THIS OLD VALLEY EAST COMMUNITY TRAILS ASSOCIATION
EITHER HAS TO BE REPLACED OR MADE USEFUL. 

GRAFFITI "ARTISTS" STRIKE EVERYWHERE.



THIS VERY SHORT SECTION HAS IT'S OWN BEAUTY.

UNTIL.....

WORKS YARD.

FIELD ENTRANCE

HEADING INTO THE WORKS BUILDING PARKING LOT.


BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED A HALF HOUR AGO.
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  1. GlennNovember 28, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    TWO THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN HERE. THE TRAIL NEEDS SOME WORK AND IT HAS TO BE PROTECTED FROM UN-AUTHORIZED MOTORISED USERS.

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