So the walk was L’Escapade at Rigaud on the Sunday. L’Escapade set me thinking, a rare event these days, what does it mean and why call a trail in the woods Escapade? So off to Google land I went and… Read moreL’Escapade Rigaud Nov 22

St Bruno is a pleasant parc  close to Montreal, just over the river, and as such it attracts a multitude of folk. Families, walkers, groups of walkers, runners, refugees from Calgary, circus performers, you know the usual crowd. So it… Read moreSt Bruno Nov !5 – Oh deer, oh deer, oh deer

It was a splendid day for hiking at Prevost — sunny and 5 C. After a delay due to the late arrival of our hike leader (me!), 12 of us finally set out at 10:20 am. It’s sometimes difficult to… Read morePrevost Nov 8 — Where’s the trail?

The day before the Sun Nov 1 hike the weather forecast for Mont St-Hilaire was for rain and wind.　 Like many of you, I reflexively thought, “We can’t possibly hike in the rain!”　 But then I thought, well, why not?!　… Read moreMont St-Hilaire — What? Walk in the Rain?!?

Rain showers in the forecast, plus winds, bridge closures and road work cones rather put a damper on our plan to go to St Hilaire so we went to plan “B”, a walk around Cap St Jacques just for the… Read morePlan “B”

Val David always has interesting walks, and Oct 18 was no exception. A bright cool day, -2C attracted 3 dogs, Samson, Max and Hyena with 14 human companions. We found out that there was a running race on some of… Read moreWoof, Woof at Val David

It was our traditional Thanksgiving weekend hike at Oka last Sun.  Twenty-two of us gathered under cloudy skies and a temp of 12 C.  There was a breeze and we were all taken aback at how cold we felt in… Read more22 Apple & Cheese Eaters at Oka

25 hikers and 2 dogs arrived at the parking lot at the Sanctuaire in Rigaud for our first official Sunday hike. 24 hikers and 1 dog set off.   The one hiker and dog that did not start must have had… Read moreFirst Official Sunday hike – Rigaud October 4, 2015

The title was snatched from the St Bruno gang by a last minute ski on the 12 April at Far Hills by Scott (never say die) B and his friend Peter J . So that truly is that…

It was bike riding weather on Friday, but that night the weather veered back towards winter one last time.  We had a nice blanket of damp snow on Sat morning.  I went for a solo ski at Cap St Jacques… Read more2015 04 05 — Four BTers Out For a Rare April ski at Mont St Bruno