Saturday, 17 April, 4 - 7 PM
Terry Crawley tgcrawley@bellaliant.net from Ways and Means Committee invites all members of Cape Breton Island Hoppers to attend a Pot Luck Supper on the occassion of saying our "Farewells to Kathy and Doug Grant who will be leaving Cape Breton on or about the 7th of May.
Doug and Kathy will be taking up residents in Kitchener, Ontario.
The party will take place at Terry Craley's home on "The Mira" http://www.onthemira.com/
35 Pledge Drive, off Hillside Road, B1K 3J6
tgcrawley@bellaliant.net
http://www.onthemira.com/
WALK EVENTS:
PRE-CONVENTION WALK
All members of CBIH are invited to walk on:
SUNDAY, 18 APRIL, 1:30 pm and step off at 2:00 pm
Location: Ortona Drive, (off the Esplanade) meet in front of the gates at Victoria Park Armouries.
This will be a pre-walk event for the CVF Presidents Walk that will take place during the Annual General Meeting and Convention 2010.
The CBIH walk committee would like as many Island Hoppers as possible to know some or most of this route to help our visitors get around the trail as easily as possible.
There will be direction signs on the route or trail but it is still nice to have someone know the trail to be of assistance to our visitors.
The "presidents walk event" will officially take place on Saturday 29 May, 2010. Please see the convention website for more details http://www.walkcapebreton.com/
WALK EVENT:
The Walk Committe invites all members to also Walk on:
COXHEATH HILLS TRAIL, "POST CONVENTION WALK"
1330 Coxheath Rd., Coxheath Trails, CBRM – Coxheath, B1L 1B3
Saturday, 24th April 10:00 AM
5KM and 10KM, Trail Rating 3D
This walk event will be offered on the scheduled for the 2010 Convention on:
Monday 31 May; the walk committee want to have some of our members familiar with the trail before the convention.
NOTE:
Guided Walk Event through the newly developed Coxheath Trails with views of Sydney Harbour and surrounding areas; the trail extends through a pine and spruce forest area with a brook and small waterfall and there will be lots of rest stops along the way. This is a slightly more challenging walk then the previous convention walks so please be prepared with good hiking shoes or boots.
WALK EVENT:
CVF- 59 SYDNEY - YEAR ROUND OR PERMANENT WALK EVENT
The regular Calendar of Walk Events for April:
Sunday, 25th April
Registration: 1:30 pm
Start Time: 2:00 pm
Location: 380 Esplanade, Cambridge Suites, Sydney
NOTE:
The above walk event will also be offered for Friday, 28 May the 2010 Convention with a minor exception, on Friday 28 May, we will meet at the "Big Fiddle" or the kiosk nearby as you enter the Joan Harris Pavillion area, marine terminal where the cruise ships dock!
The Canadian Volkssport Federation (CVF) has introduced a new program for volkswalkers or volkssporter who just happen to be aboard cruise ships. When their ship arrives at a participating club location dock, and have made prior arrangements with the host club the walkers aboard ship can now start their "Sydney Walk" from the docking area.
See Walk Directions (the walk directions are being modified or under construction at this time but the basic info will remain the same)
http://cbihwalkdirections.blogspot.com/
