Someone is bound to notice that the following directions aren't exactly N/S/E/W. In fact, some of the stuff that's marked West could almost be considered South. But rather than writing a whole bunch of NE, SW, NNE, SSW, etc.. I decided it was easiest to stick to the *perceived* directions using Hwy 5 as the E-W reference and Hwy 6 as the N-S reference (neither of which is actually true... but that's how they're referred to by the locals). So here's the route: =================================================================== - Meet at Tim Hortons on Hwy 25 in Milton, north of the 401 at 1:00pm, Saturday, October 11th - Ride north on Hwy 25 - Left (west) on Campbelville Rd. (aka #5 Sideroad) - Left (south) on Appleby Line up the escarpment through the town of Kelso then down the other side of the escarpment through a steep hairpin - Right (west) on Derry Rd. - Left (south) on Twiss Rd - Right (west) on Killbride St through the thriving metropolis of Killbride - Left (south) on Cedar Springs Rd. - Left (east) on Britannia Rd through the outskirts of Lowville along a winding roller coaster ride through the trees - Right (south) on Appleby Line - Right (west) on #4 Sideroad - Left (south) on Walker's Line - Left (east) on #2 Sideroad - Right (south) on Appleby Line - Right (west) on #1 Sideroad in the completely overlookable burg of Zimmerman - Left (south) on Millborough Town Line - Right (west) on Parkside Dr. (aka 4th Concession) into my neck of the woods, Waterdown - Left (south) on Evans Road (46km from Milton Timmies) - Left (east) on Dundas St. (aka Hwy 5) - Right (south) on Kerns Rd (brief bumpy subdivision) - Right (west) on Forestvale Dr. - Right (west) on Crofton Way - Right (west) on Skyview Dr. - Right (west) on North Service Road - Right (north) on King Rd. (we can kill our engines as we get sucked up Magnetic Hill) - Left (west) on Mountain Brow Blvd. - Right (north) on Mill St. (welcome back to Waterdown) - Left (west) on Union Rd - Left (south) on Main St. - Left (south) on the imfamous Snake Road - Right (west) on Hillsdale Ave - Left (south) on Plains Rd. - Right (west) on York Blvd (welcome to Hamilton) - Right (north) on Old Guelph Rd (bye bye Hamilton, Hello Dundas) - Left (west) on Patterson Rd (along the base of the escarpment) - Right (north) on Valley Rd - Left (west) on Rock Chapel Rd. - Left (south) on Sydenham Rd. =================================================================== - We'll take a brief break here at a lookout point giving a view of Dundas. It'll give stragglers a chance to regroup. Mileage to this point is 71km from the starting point at Tim Horton's in Milton =================================================================== - Continue south on Sydenham Rd. down the escarpment into Dundas - Left (east) on Hatt St. - Right (south) on Ogilvie St. - Right (west) on Old Ancaster Road - Left(south) on Old Dundas Road - Right (south) on Wilson St. THIS PART HAS TO BE EXCLUDED DUE TO ROAD WORK - Right (west) on Sulphur Springs Rd. - Right (north) to continue on Sulphur Springs Rd. (Lovers' Lane is to the left at that turn but we're turning right) SUBSTITUTE THIS INSTEAD - Right (west) on Reding Rd - Right (north) on Mansfield Dr. - Left (west) on Judith Crescent - Left (west) on Maureen Ave. - Right (north) on Lovers' Lane - Lovers Lane turns into Sulphur Springs Rd. - Left (west) on Mineral Springs Rd. - Right (north) on Slote Rd. - Right (east) on Governor's Rd. (aka Regional Road 99) - Left (north) on Weir's Lane - Right (east) on Hwy 8 - Left (north) on Crook's Hollow Rd (91 km to this point) - Left (north) on Old Brock Rd. - Zig right, left (north) on Brock Rd. - Right (east) on Dundas St. (aka Hwy 5) - Left (north) on Ofield Rd. - Right (east) on 4th Concession - Left (north) on Millgrove Sideroad - Millgrove Sideroad turns into 6th Concession at Hwy 6 continue west along 6th Concession - Left (north) on Centre Rd. - Right (east) on Mounstberg Rd - Right (south) on Millborough Town Line - Left (east) on #3 Sideroad - Left (north) on 2nd Line Rd. - Right (east) on Reid Sideroad - Right (south) on Main St. (aka Guelph Line) - Left (east) on Campbell Avenue to under the 401 - Right (east) on #5 Sideroad (aka Campbellvile Rd) - Right (south) on Hwy 25 back to Timmies =================================================================== I think I've put together a pretty sweet ride.... second only to Dwayne's historic ride through Huntsville and Muskoka this past June (at least I hope so). This route has a bit of everything and about 16 million trees along its route. I think I counted 3 hairpins, lots of humps and about a dozen winding roads. It should appeal to just about everyone. For the record, the round trip is 137km long and should take about 2½ hours from Timmies back to Timmies.