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Waterloo, Wellington and Guelph Hikes: Loops & Lattes
Waterloo, Wellington & Guelph Hikes, the fifth in our Loops & Lattes series of hiking guides, takes you to a land where historic cities, towns and villages cozy up to pastoral rivers. Where Octoberfest competes for your attention with horse-drawn buggies, and gracious stone homes vie for your favour with resplendent maple forests.
Where else in Canada can you board a train, transfer to a wagon, get dropped off next to a garage occupied by horses and buggies, wander along streets lined with heritage inns and restaurants, and pick up a latte before your hike has even begun? And then, and then, you follow trails that tunnel through dense forests, climb to panoramic views, weave among enormous farms and pass through carpets of white trilliums.
Where else in Canada can you board a train, transfer to a wagon, get dropped off next to a garage occupied by horses and buggies, wander along streets lined with heritage inns and restaurants, and pick up a latte before your hike has even begun? And then, and then, you follow trails that tunnel through dense forests, climb to panoramic views, weave among enormous farms and pass through carpets of white trilliums.
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208 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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July 30, 2020
A very handy little guide for local hiking spots -- some of which I'd never heard of before!
March 6, 2021
As the only contemporary book on hikes in the region that I've found, it is also by definition the best.
It covers all of the "hikes," although the Waterloo & Kitchener ones are more often strolls on a paved path through a park than what I generally think of as "hikes."
I find that the walking times are conservative--as a 40+ man in moderate condition I cover most in about 50-75% of the time listed.
The lattes aspect is a bit of a stretch, but I think Ross is working within the constraints of the series. Some of these really will end you near a cute coffeeshop or similar. Most will dump you out deep in a small town that isn't grateful for strangers at their general store, or in a generic urban strip mall.
The maps and details are clear and correct. You'll need to look at an internet map to find nearby parking in most cases. Several of the hikes are wheelchair and walker accessible (a bonus of the paved, urban aspect!), but this isn't clearly indicated in the guide.
It covers all of the "hikes," although the Waterloo & Kitchener ones are more often strolls on a paved path through a park than what I generally think of as "hikes."
I find that the walking times are conservative--as a 40+ man in moderate condition I cover most in about 50-75% of the time listed.
The lattes aspect is a bit of a stretch, but I think Ross is working within the constraints of the series. Some of these really will end you near a cute coffeeshop or similar. Most will dump you out deep in a small town that isn't grateful for strangers at their general store, or in a generic urban strip mall.
The maps and details are clear and correct. You'll need to look at an internet map to find nearby parking in most cases. Several of the hikes are wheelchair and walker accessible (a bonus of the paved, urban aspect!), but this isn't clearly indicated in the guide.
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