Riverdale Parks and Rosedale Valley Road

Most of my one hour hikes start close to home - on the pedestrian bridge over the Don Valley Parkway.



We cross the bridge, and if we are lucky, the gate to Riverdale Farm
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/riverdale-farm-toronto
 is open.
We saw these sheep as we passed by.



In order to get access to the Rosedale Valley Road, we crossed through Wellesley Park.


 

 Down the stairs, then up the Rosedale Valley Road, with St James Cemetery http://www.stjamescemetery.ca on our left.
Part way up the ascent, we crossed the road and took a steep climb back up the hill, arriving beside the Castle Frank Subway station.
West on Dale Ave, checking out the pedestrian bridge across the Rosedale Valley Road - closed until further notice!


Let's hope it is repaired or rebuilt soon.

We went south on Sherbourne, then had coffee and some gluten free brownies at the Timothy's on the corner.

Home again, down Parliament, back through Riverdale Farm.

This is one of my favourite short hikes: beautiful scenery, maximun green and minimum exhaust fumes, and good cardio opportunities.

Good Hiking!

Exploring Toronto, one walk at a time

Todmorden Mills was the destination of our walk today. On Mondays and Tuesdays we walk for about an hour, then have coffee. There are many routes that we can take, starting at the pedestrian bridge over the Don Valley Parkway, but today's walk was one of the best.


We walked up the Don path to Todmorden Mills, and stopped in at the Art gallery there - they were hanging a new show.

The Wildflower Garden at Todmorden is a short loop, but the foliage was beautiful.

http://www.hopscotch.ca/tmwp/preserve/index.html - the link for the wildflower garden.

Todmorden Mills is a historic site, run by the city of Toronto. This is the link
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=d5ed2271635af310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

There is also a theatre there, called the Papermill theare.
 http://www.blogto.com/theatre/2008/08/the_papermill_theatre_at_todmorden_mills/.
 The theatre shows performances by the East Side Players
www.eastsideplayers.ca

After wandering the site, we started up the hill to Broadview - not by our usual route up Pottery Road, but through the woods and up the hillside, exiting the woods behind 1000 Broadview. I had wanted to check out that path for months, and Anne and Julie were game to explore.

We walked down Broadview, beside the City Adult Learning Center, through more woods, and crossed Broadview to the Riverdale Perk for a cup of coffee.
https://www.facebook.com/riverdaleperkcafe
It is a favourite cafe - local, quiet, and comfortable, summer or winter.

One of the best 10 km walks we have taken!