A5. The Trans Canada Trail is billed as “the longest multi-use trail system in the world”, which is pretty cool. The standards, though, are pretty varied. This portion in Waterloo Region goes along a farm driveway before exiting the driveway onto more of a dirt path. The dirt path has been upgraded significantly since I took this photo in 2023. I’m not sure if the painted “sign” on the driveway is still there!

#BikeNite #WaterlooRegion

@uxmark I was actually looking at local parts of the trail last night on Google maps, and came to realise a large part of it that had been mapped out, was actually a janky path that cuts through a really weird part of town, some of which is directly next to a highway. And it loops all the way up and back on itself for absolutely no reason, when there is actually a rather nice street with a cafe and an ice-cream shop on it, that you can use to cut off the massive detour. And that street pretty much delivers you right back onto a pretty part of the trail.

I definitely think that it needs some revisions...

@Teaceratops The Great Lakes Waterfront Trail is like this too. Some stunningly beautiful stretches through wetlands and along wonderfully maintained multi-use paths, while other stretches are along busy 80km/h rural roads.