SATURDAY 06 JUNE INTERNATIONAL TRAILS DAY WALK EVENT

TRANS CANADA/CEILIDH TRAIL SCENES 2008

THE CEILIDH TRAIL MEANDERS ALONG THE MABOU RIVER PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 19, WALKERS HAVE A CHOICE OF GOING NORTH OR SOUTH ALONG THIS QUAINT AND PEACEFUL TRAIL. ON A QUIET DAY YOU MAY HEAR A DISTANT PIPER IN THE GLEN.

Come join the Cape Breton Island Hoppers and Pathways Cape Breton for International Trails Day Saturday 06 June 2009 at Mabou River Inn, South West Ridge Road in Mabou.

Please note that we will be sharing the trail and the day with our friends from Pathways Cape Breton.

Pathways will be organizing a bicycle tour for the local children and visitors.

These walk events will take place on the Trans Canada/Ceilidh Trail.

Nova Scotia Natural Resources have confirmed that this trail is open for all activities. The ban on trails in the Mabou area only affects the Mabou Hills/MacKinnon Brook Trails that are located to the North West of Mabou along the western coast of Cape Breton.

There will be two walk events during the day with two separate IVV award stamps for this occasion.

The Start Point for the two walk events will begin at the parking lot at Mabou River Inn just below the "Lady of Sorrows Shrine".

The first event  registration starts at 09:30 AM and we step off at 10:00 AM.

Participants have a choice of  a 5k or 10k walks in the morning and in the afternoon.

Depending on the trail conditions and the direction that the bicycle group from Pathways will follow, we will be going in the opposite direction along the Ceilidh Trail.

On the second walk event of the day, we will step off at at 2:00 PM and Registration for this event will begin at 1:30 PM going in the opposite direction of the morning walk.

TRAIL RATINGS:

The CBIH walk schedule Rates these Events as 2B and 1B, in fact both walks are on the same trail going in opposite directions and the Pathways Trails committee have been working on these trails and they should now be RATED AS 1A.

PICNIC tables are available at the Start Point for those walkers wanting to bring along their own picnic basket or take in lunch at a local Restaurant. Make a day off it in Mabou, you can't go wrong in this lovely little Cape Breton village.