Both Bridgetown and Annapolis Royal have walking groups, They meet on Wednesday at 10 am (see The Reader). Heather has joined the Bridgetown walk on occasion.
Today, we started the day with a walk around Riverside Park.
There you can enjoy benches alongside the river and the colours of the maple trees.
To extend our walk, we decided to cross over the river bridge and make the connection to the South Shore Annapolis Valley trails. This allowed us to complete a one hour walk. Returning via the Family Feed Store on Highway #1, before reaching Tim Hortons, the post office and the bank.
The walk could be extended to include the CARP marsh trail, before returning home.
Sunday evening I received a call from Nick Lasch. Nick used to be Director of Planning, Annapolis County Planning Department, in the late ‘80s. He now lives in Ontario. In March, he had sent me a copy of the Municipal Planning Strategy, dated Fall 1988. I had promised to return it to him, but with our move, the document had languished in a desk drawer.
Now with my interest in a Community Information Utility (CIU) it is a good time to ask the following questions.
What happened to the Municipal Planning Strategy (36 years later)?
Would the community (aka Annapolis County) support the development of a CIU?
Given my recent experience in Pictou, what is the likelihood of a similar collaboration in Annapolis County — to include Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown, Lawrencetown and Middleton?
In the meantime, Heather and I shall continue to explore, by bicycle or by foot, the South Shore Annapolis Valley Trails .
Ernest Blair Experiment 