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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_UfhaeuaVoD9QHbfvwSKA+Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT As Blake says, this is a great trail for biking. However, people should be cautious especially as they get to the less open parts. Near Seaforth, a friend from work had a head-on collision with a motocross bike (motorcycle) driven by a 14 year old. Luckily, he wasn't injured too seriously. But his bike was destroyed. David Sent from my iPod On 2009-09-06, at 5:05 PM, Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Yesterday (Sept. 5) Martine and I hit the biking trails once > again. We chose the Atlantic View Trail, the former section of > rail-trail that has been upgraded by the Cole Harbour Trails and Rec > Association. > > We started at the trail's western terminus, off the West > Lawrencetown Road (this is also the eastern terminus of the Salt > Marsh Trail). We cycled the length of the trail, which ends 10 km > east at Causeway Road, which leads to the Fisherman's Preserve at > Three Fathom Harbour. > > At this terminus the old rail bed continues to the east, and is > called the Blueberry Run, but no work has been done on this stretch, > and we gave up on it after less than 1 km -- the trail was too > narrow and rough. > > The Atlantic View Trail is a great birding trail, as it passes > through an excellent variety of habitats, including West Marsh, > Lawrencetown Lake, Porter's Lake, Rocky Run, the marsh beside the > start of the Causeway Road, and plenty of forest. We tallied > around 50 bird species during casual birding, nothing very notable, > perhaps because the tide was high (very few shorebirds). There were > plenty of wildflowers, as well as numerous dragonflies and > butterflies which I did not stop to identify. > > I cannot recommend this trail too highly. > > Cheers, > > Blake > > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > 902-852-2077 > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > http://nsbs.chebucto.org > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > http://tinyurl.com/birdingns > Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: > http://tinyurl.com/mr627d > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --Boundary_(ID_UfhaeuaVoD9QHbfvwSKA+Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>As Blake says, this is a great trail for biking. However, people should be cautious especially as they get to the less open parts. Near Seaforth, a friend from work had a head-on collision with a motocross bike (motorcycle) driven by a 14 year old. Luckily, he wasn't injured too seriously. But his bike was destroyed.</div><div><br><div>David</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPod</div><div><br>On 2009-09-06, at 5:05 PM, Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div> Yesterday (Sept. 5) Martine and I hit the biking trails once again. We chose the Atlantic View Trail, the former section of rail-trail that has been upgraded by the Cole Harbour Trails and Rec Association.<br><br> We started at the trail's western terminus, off the West Lawrencetown Road (this is also the eastern terminus of the Salt Marsh Trail). We cycled the length of the trail, which ends 10 km east at Causeway Road, which leads to the Fisherman's Preserve at Three Fathom Harbour.<br><br> At this terminus the old rail bed continues to the east, and is called the Blueberry Run, but no work has been done on this stretch, and we gave up on it after less than 1 km -- the trail was too narrow and rough.<br><br> The Atlantic View Trail is a great birding trail, as it passes through an excellent variety of habitats, including West Marsh, Lawrencetown Lake, Porter's Lake, Rocky Run, the marsh beside the start of the Causeway Road, and plenty of forest. We tallied around 50 bird species during casual birding, nothing very notable, perhaps because the tide was high (very few shorebirds). There were plenty of wildflowers, as well as numerous dragonflies and butterflies which I did not stop to identify. <br><br> I cannot recommend this trail too highly.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </p></x-sigsep></div></blockquote></body></html> --Boundary_(ID_UfhaeuaVoD9QHbfvwSKA+Q)--
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