Evidently, trees caught a lot of my attention on my visit to Hamilton. These were beside a "trail" known as the Chedoke Radial Trail ("trail" is in quotes because a 2 metre, paved-ish surface doesn't, to me, qualify as a "trail"). It follows the rail bed of the long-gone Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway. How "long gone"? It was shut down in 1930. Lonnnnnggggggg gone. Got to wonder if the "electric" part of the name had anything to do with that.

Still, converting old rail beds to walking/biking trails is a wonderful thing, in my book, and Hamilton's got plenty. They're great in that they tend to stay away from the developed parts of town, and they're accessible to pretty much anyone. Fit? Not fit? Who cares? These were built for trains, so their grades are negligible. And, at least in Hamilton, a lot of them are even lit! Yep, you can stroll along them on a summer evening without a care.