August 2024
It was great weather for our bike ride of Friday, August 16, involving a jaunt on the Caledon Rail Trail from Palgrave to Tottenham return, with fourteen riders participating and all staying for lunch afterward at the Caledon Hills Brewing Company.
Our next ride is scheduled for Friday, Sept 13, involving a 22 km. return trip along the rail trail that runs from Simcoe to Port Dover. The meeting place would be the parking lot for Simcoe Memorial Park, which I believe is accessed on the east side of Owen Street. The plan would be to either leave Simcoe at 11 am in order to have lunch in Port Dover or to leave Simcoe at 10 am, with a lunch back in Simcoe (to get a one hour jump on afternoon traffic back to Mississauga and also to have an easier time getting a restaurant that is not super crowded). We have done this trip twice in the past, and the excitement happens in Port Dover, where a huge gathering of motorcyclists congregates for a Friday the 13th celebration.
My problem is that I am not around to lead the trip, and I do think that this is an opportunity lost if no one volunteers to lead the trip. So I would be very pleased if some one or two of you volunteer to lead the trip.
The last bike ride of the season was planned for October 18, but I need to change the date to October 25. More information will follow.
Joe Reid
July 2024
We had beautiful weather for our bike ride yesterday from Hillsburgh to Orton return, with many of the group continuing on beyond Orton in order to extend the length of their ride.
In all we had 13 participants.
We all then headed to the Busholme restaurant in nearby Erin for lunch.
Please mark your calendar for our next ride on Friday morning of August 16th. More details will follow. Also please note that, for our bike ride return from Simcoe to Port Dover, return, on Friday, September 13th, I will be away, and I need some volunteers to lead the trip.
I can assist in the sending of notices, etc. before the 13th. This is the day of the famous motorcycle gathering in Port Dover.
Joe Reid
June 2023
On June 21, 2023, nine members of our Probus Bike Group did a 20 km. return journey on the Hamilton Beach Waterfront Trail, in glorious sunshine.
We stopped along the way at Baranga’s on The Beach for a well earned lunch, including a cold libation.
Our next ride is scheduled for Thursday, July 21.
John Mark