Ye Olde Abandoned Road... - a photo on Flickriver

...And becoming more old and abandoned every time we walk it. It's still called Kemp Road, but it was closed down in the late 80s when the Blackburn Bypass was constructed. If you look carefully there are still remnants of yellow line paint, and it all gives a good idea how much nature has reclaimed of this once necessary access into Blackburn Hamlet.

The city does not maintain this old road as a public walkway as it does for the Prescott-Russell Trail, and we're happy about that. The weeds and bushes eating away at the edges of the asphalt are filled with small life, and the bordering treeline holds the thrill of a sudden coyote encounter, of which we've had many, though only one of a serious nature (three years ago we were ordered out by the only aggressive coyote we've come across anywhere, a big male who was not happy with us encroaching onto his hunting grounds. He is part of a family that dens in a big clutch of nearby trees, and we've seen him and others of his clan often in the area, and in spring the yip of pups can often be heard).

The nasty deer fly season is coming to an end, and we'll be out into Mer Bleue soon enough, but for the time being this old road, which cuts through two huge open crop fields, almost always carries a pleasant breeze through the area to keep the bugs to a minimum, and even in high biter season it can be walked without need of protection against these major nuisances. We'll take coyotes over bugs any day!

Since the major threat of Covid has ended(?), the pathways in the area and this road have become almost deserted once again, and though it's kinda sad that it takes a pandemic to get some people out into nature, that feeling is somewhat assuaged by the fact that we find ourselves nearly alone out here every day, as it used to be, which is just fine with us.
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568 Clancy 10yrs 37wks

Clancy's Yearbook 11: www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72177720303800967

Taken on: August 5, 2023

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