Sunday morning Toronto hosted 'Open Streets' a new event to its social calendar. From 9am to 1pm Bloor St from Spadina to Parliament and Yonge St from Bloor to Queen St was closed to traffic and made pedestrian and bike friendly.I had to get up extra early for this on a Sunday morning when I would normally sleep in. The east-west Bloor St stretch wasnt too busy in the early morning.Heading south down Yonge St events became more lively with bigger crowds and stree...

Having left Fort George I was looking forward to strolling thru Niagara-on-the-Lake and finding some ice cream to cool down and replenish my energy. NOTL is very touristy, hard to find parking if arriving by car, so easier to navigate on bike.Most of the stores were quite crowded but towards the end of the retail strip the crowds were lighter. I managed to get a double scoop cone and cool down in the shade for a bit.At this point I could either turn round and go ...

Biking the 25km up the Niagara River I knew I'd finally reached Niagara-on-the-Lake when I arrived at Fort George at the mouth of the river. I'd come here with a friend about 15 years ago just strolling in when nobody had been checking for tickets that day.Entrance was $11.70 and I paid to go in this time. Due to the holiday there were special displays going on.First there was a drumming and flute demonstration taking place near the back in the shade of the trees...

This weekend was a holiday weekend and I'd heard from someone at work that there were bike trains to Niagara. I planned a trip for the holiday weekend waiting for clear weather, and planned on taking Friday before the holiday off to take the train.There is a seasonal train to Niagara from Jul-Sept on weekends for $16 one way. It also has bike carriages for weekend trips.Train times are a bit strange. I'd hoped to take the Friday morning train but there is only on...

After watching the end of the Womens 80km Cycling leg the Mens 160km race was due to start at 4pm. I was already at the starting line having watched the womens race end just after 3pm. The racers gathered and waited for the starting pistolThey bolted off in a split second. They were due to do 10 laps so I followed the race route to catch them again on later laps. As Parkside Drive was closed for the race I went up Roncesvalles to catch the race again along Bloor ...