Lost In The Forest

Lost In The Forest

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The Friendship Trail

The Friendship Trail is a tarmac old railroad that runs from Port Colborne to Fort Erie https://www.trailforks.com/trails/friendship-recreation-trail/ https://lostintheforest.world/recipes/f/spruce-tip-pancakes This is one of those little gems that you might overlook. This is a trail for the person who wants to forage or ride with the whole family, Look out for the road crossings and the Turkey Vultures.

The Pines, Woodstock in Ontario

This is an exceptional pay-to-ride trail system. If you're going more than three times a year then best just join. The Pines is a cool place with real directional trails that uses the small bit of elevation to its full advantage. We did find Catnip and had a great time. There is only one car park but it is easy to find and keep an eye out for model planes. https://woodstockcyclingclub.ca

At Lost in the Forest we talk Navigation and not getting lost, unless it is by choice

We talk about navigation and the use of Trailforks, we try to explain our process of finding our way around new places and what we do if we take other people out for a ride. Jessica talks about wild ginger, stingers and our yard. We also explore spring being sprung.

Shopping Carts, Wild Ginger, traveling Black Walnuts and Puck's Plenty

In this episode, we chat about wild things, cleaning Ginger roots in the bath, travelling Walnuts and our delightful trip to a secret location with Peter from Pucks Plenty in search of wild things you can eat. If you get a chance check out Puck's Plenty. Peter is knowledgeable and gives great information and facts to help you on your foraging journey. I get disappointed about shopping carts in the local riding spot. Please check out the recipes on our website https://lostintheforest.world/recipes Puck's Plenty is here https://www.pucksplenty.com tell Peter if you find him through us you heard it here, please. We have our very own Get Lost self-guided mtb tours coming up and a big meet-up, maybe.......

Many Paths Build Day 2

We are back out on The Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve building trails. The second full day and we made real progress, Jessica found wild edible food, a tree did fall in the woods and it did make a noise. Turned out to be a great day and at least when we run the open day we will have something to ride. Also looking for help on bug spray.

Queenston Niagara Falls

The start of the Bruce Trail, (Brucie Baby) Nice to see you Nice, Growing up in England you can't avoid a comedian presenter called Bruce Forsyth and we nick named the Bruce Trail Brucie Baby and it kind of stuck. Anyway back to business. This section of the Bruce seems very happy to accommodate bikes and even with it being very busy everyone seems happy to see you and say hi. Some people are even pro mountain bikes. This is a Green, Blue and Black system with some exposed trails. Trail Forks works as a good guide but not all the trails are on it. Go explore and check out the caves.

Mud Lake Port Colborne & Wainfleet Bog

Mud Lake is a lake full of Mud from the 4th Welland Canal. This is one of the few times where something we do as humans has a positive outcome. This is now a marsh area great for wildlife. Mud Lake trails I do think are a great place to try a mountain bike off-road. Just remember that they are shared trails. Keep an eye out for animals. According to a guy we met, Green Winged Teal is here too. We went on to Wianfleet Bog, created from the extraction of peat. This is not a riding spot but worth a walk around.

Many Paths First day of trail building

May the 1st is the registration day for this program on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. The mission is to build trails and get those who want to out in the woods riding bikes and building trails. If things progress well we will run some bike park trips. Check out manypaths.ca and drop us a line if you would like to be involved. Today was just about figuring things out.

Marin San Quentin 3 27.5 Wheels

They say this bike is made for DOWNHILL TRAILS LIGHT DIRT JUMP ENDURO The San Quentin is for the aggressive hardtail trail rider looking for a blend between singletrack capabilities and extended air time. This is the 2021 model on 27.5 wheels check out the 29er Wheels on the 2024 model, although I do love the red. Key upgrades over the San Quentin 2: RockShox Revelation RC fork Shimano Deore 6100 wide-range 12-speed drivetrain Shimano MT420 4-piston brakes Maxxis Assegai 3C MAXX TERRA EXO tubeless compatible tires

Turkey Point and Peanut Farms

Syd the cat joins us on this one if you listen. We re-visited Turkey Point today, we have been here recently but that was a winter ride on fat bikes today was a normal ish ride on the normal bikes. It was even mild no coat required. We also cover the Kernel Peanut shop, Salmon breeding and watercress.

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