First Event:
Annual Johnny Miles Volksmarch
Sunday 7 August
Registration begins @ 1:30pm
Start Time: 2:00pm
Location: Sydney Mines, Recreation Field on Pitt Street
Distance: 5k & 10k
Trail Rating: 2B
This is a figure "8" Walk Event within the streets of Sydney Mines, through a park, a beach area and past the Johnny Miles statue. "This is not a parade event!" All club members and local enthusiastic walkers are invited to join the community of Sydney Mines and the local Johnny Miles Association on this leisurely walk for Fun, Fitness and Friendship!
Second Event:
Annual Seasonal Group Walk Event in Glace Bay
Sunday 14 August
Registration begins @ 1:30pm
Start Time: 2:00pm
Location: 99 Reserve Street, Glace Bay, parking lot adjacent to COOP Gas Bar
Distance: 5k & 10k
Trail Rating: 2B
Our walk will take us through a series of parks, Renwick Brook/Queen Elizabeth and The Cameron Coal Bowl, a quick stopover at the Miners Museum, and along a portion of the coastline of Glace Bay, plus a view of the GB Harbour and the fishing fleet located here!
Third Event
This event will get us back out on the trails in the beautiful setting of the ....
Dundee Golf Course Trails
Sunday 21August
Registration begins @ 1:30pm
Start Time: 2:00pm
Location/Directions to Start Point: From Sydney take Hwy 4 to the village of St Peters. Continue over the canal bridge and then turn right at the signs for Sampsonville/West Bay and Dundee.
Distance: 5k & 10k
Trail Rating: 3C
Fourth Event
The walk will begin at Kennelly Point picnic area on Havenside Road, Louisbourg - B1C 1P5
Louisbourg Lighthouse Trails
Sunday 28 August
Registration begins @ 1:30pm
Start Time: 2:00pm
Trail Rating 2C
A fabulous coastal walk including the site of the oldest Lighthouse in Canada and the second oldest in North America
For further information on all of the above walk events you may contact the club President Joe MacKinnon: joeandelsie@ns.sympatico.ca or the club e-mail address: bretonhoppers@hotmail.com
