{"id":5804,"date":"2020-09-24T21:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T01:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2020-09-24T21:52:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T01:52:53","slug":"episode-126-shelter-valley-road-to-wicklow-beach-to-rutherfords-farm-to-brighton-and-home-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=5804","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 126: SHELTER VALLEY ROAD TO WICKLOW BEACH TO RUTHERFORD’S FARM TO BRIGHTON AND HOME (EASY)"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 126   SHELTER VALLEY ROAD TO WICKLOW BEACH TO RUTHERFORD\u2019S FARM MARKET AND HOME<\/p>\n

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We left Mississauga at 10 a.m. and drove east with no particular goal\u2026all self-contained with<\/div>\n
lunch and water and Woody.  Those of you in semi isolation might like to duplicate the trip<\/div>\n
which is perfectly safe unless you have bad tires and a poor sense of direction.<\/div>\n

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The Shelter Valley Road and Shelter Valley Creek run under the 401 with access from Highway 2 just a bit east of Port Hope.<\/div>\n
Likely you have driven overtop as these trucks are doing en route to Kingston or Montreal.  We parked, had lunch and walked on a<\/div>\n
trail to the Shelter Valley Creek\u2026as  we have always wanted to do.<\/div>\n

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the leaves are just breaking into colour\u2026if you follow us you will even see briber colours.<\/div>\n
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Marjorie packed a lunch\u2026Ontario peaches and salmon sandwiches.<\/div>\n

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the salmon are easy to spot at Port Hope in the Ganaraska River.    They are also present yet hidden under the 401 in Shelter Valley Creek. <\/div>\n
Big ones.  Trapped there.  Do not tell anyone.  Promise?<\/div>\n

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Wicklow Beach is long and lovely and so accessible at any point\u2026three strides from truck to beach.<\/div>\n

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Under the 401 and all alone<\/div>\n

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On Highway 2 just outside Colborne is Rutherford’\u2019s farm market\u2026<\/div>\n

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Free parking I thought until we saw this sign\u2026but about half a mile on there is a huge free parking lot right on the beach.<\/div>\n

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the wild asters are full of honey bees right now\u2026Sept. 23, 2020<\/div>\n
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Hiding under the shelter Valley Creek bridge are a bunch of big salmon, their backs sometimes out of the water\u2026and<\/div>\n
no fishermen.<\/div>\n
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The old canning factory in Brighton is now a huge antique market.<\/div>\n

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The Ganaraska River runs through the centre of Port Hope.  It is one of the great salmon spawning Rivers in Ontario\u2026and a visitor<\/div>\n
can almost touch the salmon.  No fee involved.<\/div>\n

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Woody had a good time.  I know he looks forlorn\u2026that is just one of his acts.<\/div>\n

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This picture was taken just to show you where to  park on the Shelter Valley Road\u2026room for two cars only.  Nobody there today.<\/div>\n

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Wicklow Beach\u2026now where on this planet is a beach more accessible.  Free.<\/div>\n

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Next week the colours here will be orange, red, beige\u2026etc.<\/div>\n

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Even though there will be no halloween this year we bought 3 giant pumpkins for $20 and will carve them<\/div>\n
early with candles\u2026why not?<\/div>\n

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INSTRUCTIONS<\/div>\n
Drive east to Port Hope\u2026south to centre of Port Hope\u2026stop to look at the wild salmon struggling up the Ganaraska River\u2026then<\/div>\n
drive east on Highway 2 to the Hidden Valley Road\u2026left up the road for a mile to the 401 bridge\u2026take a 10 minute stroll<\/div>\n
to the Hidden Valley Creek bridge\u2026then drive back down to Highway 2 and continue east to the Wicklow Beach sign\u2026turn right<\/div>\n
down a charming empty rural road to Lake Ontario\u2026turn left when you hit Lake Ontario\u2026you will find free parking just a few steps<\/div>\n
from the water\u2026maybe go for a swim (we could have done so in the nude for the beach was empty\u2026we did not do that\u2026wish we<\/div>\n
had)\u2026then continue east until a rural road cuts back left to Highway 2\u2026drive east to Rutherford\u2019s market\u2026spend a few dollars\u2026giant<\/div>\n
pumpkins at $8 each (loss leaders\u2026who could make profit at that price?)\u2026..then continue east to Brighton\u2026there is a<\/div>\n
delightful Antique store on the north side before you get to Brighton\u2026nice man owns it\u2026high end stuff at very reasonable prices\u2026<\/div>\n
and there is another giant collectibles story in the old canning factory in Brighton.<\/div>\n

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By the time we got to Brighton it was 4 p.m. so we headed home\u2026got back at 6.30\u2026sun still shining\u2026trip took 8.5 hours with many<\/div>\n
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Next visit we will try to reach Picton but if we fail then we fail\u2026In the past we have driven to Picton and stayed<\/div>\n
overnight with fancy suppers\u2026but not now for the spectre of Covid 19 hangs over  us all.   Peaches, salmon<\/div>\n
sandwiches and giant raw red peppers were better than some fancy dinners  anyway.<\/div>\n

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You do not need to follow our trail\u2026make up your own trail.   You are unlikely to confront Covid 19 unless<\/div>\n
you blow a tire.<\/div>\n

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My cousin Christopher lives in the County\u2026so if we blew a tire he would put us up no doubt\u2026as long as we<\/div>\n
were masked and socially distant.  What a weird world we live in at present.  We never gave that terrible Covid 19<\/div>\n
threat much thought today.<\/div>\n

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P.S>   I had hoped to buy a six pack of Barley Days beer on the Picton Road\u2026but failed.  So there must be a next time.<\/div>\n
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We really should have stopped down and waded into the lake.  Marjorie was in favour.  I was more modest.  Kick<\/div>\n
myself for not doing it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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