Cycling North of Brampton

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Saturday, July 26 2014, the weather was a bit cool (19 C) for a summer day. Some wind and clouds, good for distance cycling. The fore cast called for rain latter in the afternoon.

Michael, Kristian and I started our bicycle ride from my house in Brampton at 9:45 AM; we went North.
This was Michael's first cycling tour through the country side North of Brampton. Michael said he wanted to do some training, cycling the hills in Caledon. So I made a special route that will take us cycling many challenging hills and showed the beautiful and interesting places North of Brampton.

Our route - 84.4 km

This route took us to Badlands, Bellfountain, Forks of the Credit and Caledon East. We cycled North on Dixie Rd. then turn East onto Old Base Line Rd. which was nicely paved and had rolling hills, some very challenging ones near Badlands.

Kristian and Michael paying a short visit to Badlands, Cheltenham.

Then we head North on Mississauga Rd. to Bellfountain, here we had a short break at 'The Shed' coffee house. This place is a very popular 'watering hole' for cyclist and bikers.

About 20 minutes later we were back on our bicycles and rode along the scenic Forks of the Credit Rd. 

Forks of the Credit - Hair Pin turn
Photo by unknown

After mostly going down hill along Forks of the Credit, we turn North onto McLaren Rd. to face the toughest hills on this route. I had never been able to cycle up this long series of hills in the past. Twice I walked up; the second time I cycled a bit further up. This time I managed to conquer it and cycled all the way up. We all rested a bit on top of the hill, it was hard even for Kristian and Michael, before continuing on towards Caledon East.
Charleston Sideroad was very busy with traffic. The Escarpment Side Rd. was not paved, it was a packed, somewhat smooth dirt road. We passed secluded, densely treed properties of large houses.
For our next rest, we headed for the 'Trailside coffee house' in Caledon East. This popular coffee house was closed, it looked abandoned. Not sure if it will be renovated and open again or permanently closed.
So we had our rest at 'Caledon East Bakery', it was a good choice.

Final rest - Mikado 'coffee house' -:)

The ride back was easier although the wind shifted and was in our faces again. We got back to Mikado Crescent at about 3:00 PM. Michael was impressed with the route, he said he never knew that there were beautiful places to ride on so close to home. Kristian rode the Caledon hills with me many times before and he loves it. I love showing off my 'back yard', North of Brampton. We had an wonderful day. End.