Volume 1, Edition 21
‘Toronto Tuesday‘ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in the city.
My battery charger is dead so unfortunately I don’t have any current pictures. I’m posting these pictures from my bike trip earlier this spring.
Bike Trail
We took a GO train from downtown Toronto to Ajax, a suburb 40 minutes east. Then we headed north through the city, hit the trail for the day and returned south to the waterfront. The urban sprawl looks ugly after you’ve been in the countryside all day. We biked along the waterfront as the sun set, ultimately heading to the Pickering GO station. You might remember my previous post on the Largest Windmill in North America, which was from the same trip.
↑ GO Train at Ajax Station.
↑ Large silos for storage.
↑ The largest and most successful water operated flour mill in this area was opened in 1875. The stone bench is one of the only remnants of the canal.
↑ You know your trip has ended when you see cement and bricks instead of trees and bushes.
↑ Pickering GO Train station next to Highway 401 ‘Highway of Heroes’.
The entire trip was some 60-70 km of cycling, quite relaxed and nice. The trail itself is very boring, I’d give it a C+ grade.
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“You know your trip has ended when…”
Your night photography is beautiful, as always…
Thanks Mahendra. And it’s true isn’t it! I hate coming back to the city at the end of the day…
Lovely pictures as usual, Priyank. I also notice a sterner tone in them (“dont steal!”) which seems like a recent addition. Have your pictures been stolen too?
Hi Shantanu,.. yeah my pictures and on occasions, entire blog post has been copied in a newspaper. Ofcourse there must be lot of plagiarizing that I don’t know. I think that my content is ‘hot’ for the pseudo travel writers.
The trains are quite different from the trains here in UK.
Hi Amit,
I’ll post pictures some day.
This train in particular is shaped funny, there are “normal” trains too!
I like the night picture!
It always surprises me that it’s so easy to get out of the city and end up almost in the country. I love Canada for that.
Any plan for Canada Day?
Zhu, I love that too, there are so many nice places just around the city to explore.
Nothing much planned for Canada day other than some bbq at a friends place and some fireworks.