Another gorgeous May morning, another coffee shop. This time it was Circles and Squares Bakery on Bartley Drive where the butter tarts are amazing (well, what isn’t amazing there?).
Most of you are now asking, “Where is Bartley Drive?” Answer – close to the Bermondsey Transfer Station as pictured below. That’s where the garbage trucks go. It is also where you can drop off your hazardous waste or renovation waste, things that aren’t allowed in the trash you leave at the front of your house (or throw down the chute in your building). That large grey building is for yard waste. And yes, there is a lingering odor.
It is also close to the Bermondsey Hydro One Transmission Station.
below: Warning sign. “Property and copper marked for police identification.”
below: The transmission station is on the Hydro Corridor that cuts a swath through Toronto. There is a plan to turn most of it into “The Meadoway”, a bike and walking path that runs through a restored meadow. The paths are more developed in Scarborough, see blog post “the Meadoway” from November 2021.
At the moment this section of meadow has limited access. There is a dirt road that runs through the Hydro Corridor, west towards the Don River.
… but the bridge over the river is not quite complete. Once it is finished, it will connect The Meadoway and the East Don Trail.
Crossing the tracks anyhow.
below: Immediately after the newest bridge over the railway tracks, there is another bridge. This one crosses the Don River. This is now part of the East Don Trail. There is a section of the East Don Trail north of Eglinton (by the Rainbow Tunnel) but at the present time, they don’t connect. It’s an ongoing project. The large poles beside the path are the makings of a large net.
below: The nets are because Flemingdon Golf Club is right here. I suspect no one wants to get hit by a flying golf ball.
below: Looking back towards the newest bridge
below: White flowers on a Cranberry Viburnum plant.
below: Don River
It’s a quiet spot. But obviously some people make use of the space! Stonr’s hot box clubhouse.
Google maps shows the East Don Trail continuing south at least as far as where the Don River passes under the Don Valley Parkway. Unfortunately, the next time the path encounters the tracks, it ends. I forgot to take a picture but the tracks form a wall at the end of the road. There is a dirt path that runs uphill through the woods (away from the tracks) that probably leads to the Spanbridge Road neighbourhood. Instead of exploring further we retraced our steps back to Circles and Squares.
With thanks to the Wednesday morning walking group!
as I walk Toronto 