Feeling slightly groggy from all the Supercrawling the night before, we pancaked our way out of the house this morning in time to greet our visitors from Brantford up at Christie Lake. Apparently, our work with the Hamilton Conservation Authority is starting to generate some interest from neighbouring municipalities. I couldn't be more pleased!
The Brant Cycling Club had asked us (the Hamilton Cycling Club) to conduct a mini trail building school this morning to get them all up to speed on proper trail design and building concepts and techniques. We were more than happy to oblige.
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| Brant groms |
After a quick parking lot wardrobe change, we were off to Telling Tales at Westfield Heritage Village. This is Southern Ontario's preeminent kid-lit festival and it was grand. We got there just around lunch time and enjoyed a delicious meal at the Ironwood Café (glacially slow service but worth the wait - get the cherry chocolate bundt cake, seriously).
If I could summarize the festival in one word, it would be crazy. Check out the scene at the gate.
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| This is the line-up for french-fries |
Of course, there are tons of amazing things to see and do. Soon after lunch, we made our way past the book sale and just "happened" upon Dennis Lee, author of the seminal poetry collection Alligator Pie. My wife Kim was agog. She introduced herself and thanked him for the joy he'd brought her and our son. It was a "moment".
After that, we dove straight into the best of what the festival had to offer.
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| HPL puppet show |
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| HPL Bookmobile |
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| Indian village happiness. |
It's been quite a weekend and I am suitably bushed. Good night and here's to a weekend well spent!
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| Ivor the engine driver |
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