*** Let's celebrate a successful TBN walks season with a lunch for City Walk participants on Sunday, March 9, in the party room of Carmelle's condo building near Sherbourne and Adelaide E. Participants will be asked to contribute $5 - $10 to cover costs. Home-made lasagne (meat and vegetarian) will be served along with a couple of salads and dessert. There will be red and white wine and pop, or you can bring your own beer or other drinks if you wish. Please register by emailing citywalks@tbn.ca before March 6, if you plan to attend. Further details to follow. ***
For today's walk let's meet at about 10:00 AM in Union Station, (not the subway station, but the actual train station), in the Lower Level Food Court, (near the GO York Concourse), and NOT in the Great Hall where we have met recently. You should be able to find us in the south-west corner of the Food Court, near Bangkok Buri, Scaccia, and Roywoods. (If you cannot find us, please call my cell, see below).
Due to the amount of snow we have recently received, we will be walking around downtown, which should be fairly well cleared. A proposed route will be provided later, but may not be followed exactly depending on weather and walking conditions. Washrooms are be available at the beginning and end of the walk, and there will be a coffee/washroom stop around the middle. We will be fairly close to subway stations most of time, so there will be numerous opportunities to leave the walk early.
We will be walking 8 to 10 Km, and will end up back at Union Station, where we can stop for a snack or a meal. The route will be on sidewalks , so please wear shoes or boots appropriate for the weather.
There are no scheduled outages at this time, but please check https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/subway-service#e=0 in case there are any changes.
Points of interest and early exits along the way include:
- 0.0 Km – Union Station Food Court (start of walk, washrooms)
- 4.5 Km – Sankofa (Yonge-Dundas) Square – washrooms
- 5.5 Km – early exit (300m to King Station)
- 6.8 Km – Coffee Stop (Mofer Coffee & Dark Horse Coffee, washrooms)
- 8.0 Km – early exit (300m to King Station)
- 9.5 Km – Union Station Food Court (end of walk, washrooms, restaurants)
The route is available on Ride with GPS at https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49780189.
We have introduced a 30-Day-Trial membership class which allows "guests" to participate in most activities over the span of a 1-month period, for a fee of $10.
If you have not registered for the walk, you may NOT join the walk.
If you have registered but can't attend, log in, click on "Already registered", then cancel.
REMINDER: A mask and hand sanitizer are required.
If you have trouble finding us at the start, please call my cell at 416-917-8866. If I don't answer, try again, as I may miss the first call.
For more information check the TBN website under PROGRAMS - FALL/WINTER - CITY WALKS (https://tbn.ca/programs/fallwinter/citywalks) for a description of the Winter Walk program. If you have any questions, email me at citywalks@tbn.ca.
John Burdett - City Walk Coordinator
