Social Group

 A beautiful ride for the Social Group to de la Terre Cafe returning via Port Dalhousie and St. Catharines.  NOTE start location is in St. Catharines.

Ride start:  https://goo.gl/maps/sAUXpwZUBCk

Ride the route shaped like Snoopy the dog!  Heading to NOTL down Mewburn hill to Queenston St. then left on Concession 5....etc. etc.

Start at Chippawa Boat Ramp Park . Head over to the Parkway via Welland St. Callan, and Sarah.  Ride the Parkway to Black Creek.  Tour through Black Creek on River Trail then to Baker Road where we cross over the QEW.  Then, King, Bossert and Beck. Back over the QEW on Beck to Marshall, Rexinger, Weaver, Willoughby to Legends Way.  Cut through Legends Golf course to the Parkway and then back to the Boat ramp park on Bridgewater, Sarah and Main St.

Meet at the parking lot at Allanburg Bridge and Highway 20 for 6 pm.  Overflow parking would be available across the street at the baseball diamond (Highway 20 and Holland Road)

Join the Canal path after crossing @ Allenburgh  (via Garner, McLeod, Barron); down the canal path, jog through Secord Woods and out again. Queenston back to Canal, Cross Carlton St. Bridge, Read Rd Church and back up Concession 6 with Mewburn climb at end.  We will ride on the path where we can (eg. out of Thorold) although the route planner would not let me map that.

Meet in parking lot on the Chippawa Parkway,  near Ives Gateway, at 6 pm.  (closest lot to Knightsbridge Park footbridge).  We'll ride to Fort Erie with a quick pit stop at Tim Hortons.  50 km round trip.  If it is too hot, we will cut the trip short and ride to the Marina and return ( about 35 km).

To balzac's in NOTL.

We'll ride to Welland along the Welland Canal Rec Trail, return via Merritt Island trail, Woodlawn crossover to Rec Trail again and over the Port Robinson Ferry and head back Home.