Walking Club

The Savanna Strollers Pinery Walking Club is a partnership between the Friends of Pinery Park, Ontario Parks, the Grand Bend Community Health Center and the Lambton Heritage Museum.
Each week on Wednesday mornings the Savanna Strollers Pinery Walking Club walk / hike a different trail in Pinery Provincial Park.  Participants will meet one of our Volunteer Coordinators at the Lambton Heritage Museum South side parking lot at 9:15 am, where the participants will be led in a short warm up and stretching routine before car pooling to the walking trail-head. Fast walkers are welcome to do the trail 2 or 3 times to get their steps in.  All Welcome!!

Savanna Strollers Pinery Walking Club – Coordinator Schedule
Celebrating 11 years walking together April 2021

Meet punctually at Lambton Heritage Museum South side Parking Lot at 9:15 am
Exercise / Stretch from 9:15am to 9:25 Carpool at 9:30 to Trail-head

If carpooling with members outside of your household please wear a mask.

GROUPS OF 10 CAN WALK TOGETHER AND BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED

IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE GROUP OF 10 THE NEXT GROUP CAN LEAVE THE TRAILHEAD 5 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST GROUP

NEW WALKERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

Please stay home if you are not 100%…
Date: Wed
Trail
 Volunteer Coordinator
June  30 Riverside Trail (1 km) Flat Terrain   Easy Lindsey Ashworth Ducharme
July    7 Nipissing  (2.3 to 3 km – Hard) Hilly terrain, viewing platform  Molly Russell
July    14 Carolinian Trail (2.3 to 3.5 km – mid range)  Stairs Larry Taylor
July    21 Picnic area 9 for walk to Beach  (2 km)  Feed the Birds    Sybil Tinker
July    28 Heritage Trail (2.3 to 5 km – easy) Larry Taylor
Aug     11 Wilderness Trail (3 km) Flat terrain Stairs to beach Lindsey Ashworth Ducharme
Aug   18 Cedar Trail  (2.3 to 4 km – easy) Hilly terrain, viewing platform at beach and river, stairs
 Sybil Tinker
Aug    25 Carolinian Trail (2.3 to 3.5 km – mid range)  Stairs Lindsey Ashworth Ducharme
Sept    1 Sassafras Trail (1km) Viewing platform Stairs and or walk Bike Trail to River (1 km to 4km)      (Was Lookout) Larry Taylor
Sept    8 Pine Trail (0.8 km)  Flat terrain   Stairs plus walk to beach   Molly Russell
Sept   15 Bittersweet Trail (1.5 km)  Flat terrain, Stairs, Viewing Platform Hickory Trail (1 km) (Flat terrain, Stairs Sybil Tinker
Sept   22 Nipissing  (2.3 to 3 km – Hard) Hilly terrain, viewing platform Lindsey Ashworth Ducharme


email Lindsey for more information

Reminders to Volunteer Coordinators:
– Arrange for alternate if need be
– Meet punctually at Lambton Heritage Museum at 9:15AM (8:45AM July and August)
– Arrange car-pool to Pinery Provincial Park
– Do stretch exercises at Lambton Heritage Museum before we car pool over to trailhead
– Take along Safety Pack and accompany ‘Slowest Walkers’ – Encourage ‘Buddy system’
– Allow participants to walk/snow-shoe at own pace
– Update Attendance Log

We are currently looking for volunteer coordinators for the walking club. Coordinators will be responsible for the passes on the day of the walk and distributing them to other walking club participants as needed and other responsibilities as outlined under “Reminders to Volunteer Coordinators”.

If you are interested in attending or becoming a Volunteer Coordinator please call us at 519-243-1713 or email Lindsey for more information.     lindseyashworthducharme@gmail.com