We went out for bike ride on Sunday, trying to find the entrance to a new bike path named the West Toronto Railpath. It took us about 20 minutes to wend our way through the West End until we finally reached Landsdowne, which is where the website map shows the (supposed) southern end of the path. If you decide to go check it out yourself, however, I’d advise you to take no notice of the map and instead go directly up to Dundas Street West from Landsdowne, then head west over the railway bridge until you see the signage on your right. Otherwise, you might end up riding around the neighbourhood like we did, trying to find the elusive entrance.
We eventually did find the trail, after searching for 30 minutes or so and having asked a very nice young lady for directions. It ain’t easy to spot, let me tell you that…
As we were riding around, we came across a cordoned-off street named Shirley. We could see residents walking up and down the street, bending down every now and then to arrange something on the ground, so we decided to get off our bikes and walk along to see what was happening. It looked like some sort of local festival, maybe a religious one of some sort, as people went along the whole stretch of the street pouring multi-coloured petals into wood frames, before patting down the petals and removing the frames to reveal a series of stylized patterns and shapes.
It looked very nice, as we walked the length of the street-long piece.
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