Toronto to Kingston

After our break in Florida it's not been so easy to get back into the daily cycling routine. Thankfully, Susan's shin splints are fine now and she is able to pedal much better.  I can feel a real difference especially on the hills. That said, we have been taking it easy over the last few days with a low daily average of 60km to get us back into the groove.  

We are not taking the short route across Canada so after dropping down to Toronto we are now heading up towards Ottawa then Montreal and Quebec. Today we reached Kingston where the St Lawrence river flows out of Lake Ontario

When we left Toronto we were in touch with Paul and Jill who we met in Victoria back in April.  It was Paul who took our picture at the start of our cycle at the Mile 0 marker. 

As we cycled into Cobourg, Paul met us on his cycle and took us on a tour of the harbour and beach areas. What a really lovely place it is. We then had a few drinks before heading to the local pub for dinner and beer. 

In the morning it was raining as we set off.

 

Paul set us off on the Waterfront Trail along the shores of Lake Ontario. Nice quiet roads and so we thoroughly enjoyed our cycle. Paul is a member if a local cycling club and has given us lots of good advice and information on cycle routes up to Ottawa so we are looking forward to the next two days cycling.

5,250km to date.