S2.Ep6 “Rocklyn Creek” Hiking The Bruce Trail End to End – Absolutely Gorgeous Section

Get back on trail with the sixth episode of Season Two : End to End Hiking The Bruce Trail, A Journey Across Ontario.
We awoke just off the trail at Ambrose camp where we spent the night – in one of the few official camping sites along the trail so far. It was a great night and we were excited about the day – hiking to the Bognor Marsh over some amazing countryside.
The day began with an encounter with a big ol’ porcupine hiking on the trail. I had seen it’s companion the night before close to camp. We hiked together for a while until it veered off the trail down into a rocky crevasse.
We were in the “Rocklyn Creek Management Area” and crossed the creek on a fine bridge before entering some dramatic high hill country, with the wind blowing strong and some light rain attempting to fall.
Rocklyn creek is hard to describe, and impossible to capture in photographs or video. It’s sort of like a natural zen garden of mossy cascading waterfalls flowing down a long sloped hillside. It’s quite a magical place.
We got a little confused with the trail going through Walter’s Falls Management Area – the trail to Walter’s Falls is now a side trail, not part of the main trail, and the main trail sticks to the roads through the area which wasn’t what our map said. After stopping for a roadside lunch break to recalibrate we discovered we were right on track.
The walk down Holland-Sydenham Townline was awesome – the sky opened up with some dramatic clouds, the wind was blowing and the vultures soared – the sky was endless as we walked through the rural landscape. We crossed the Bighead River and then made our way up what we dubbed “Heart Attack Hill” which led to another official BT campsite- “Bighead Campsite”.
Somewhere a bit further on we walked through a great old woodlot with what looked like old growth maple and beech trees – beautiful giants that escaped the axe. We dipped briefly into Massie Hills Management Area and then to the long end of day road walk to Bognor Marsh with our feet burning for the last few km of a great 50 km weekend.
Map Distance : 27.8 km / Start : km 1.6 Sydenham / End : km 29.4 Bognor Marsh
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