Comments on: The right to roam http://valdodge.com/2007/06/17/the-right-to-roam/ Random wanderings and wonderings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:21:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jamie http://valdodge.com/2007/06/17/the-right-to-roam/comment-page-1/#comment-43 jamie Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:20:22 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2007/06/17/the-right-to-roam/#comment-43 By 8 (early 80s), i seem to remember being given a fair bit of latitude - much of my hometown seemed to be OK. On visits to my grandmother in Leaside, I recall wandering byself in an area bounded by Bayview/CNIB/Eglinton/Brentcliffe. By 8 (early 80s), i seem to remember being given a fair bit of latitude - much of my hometown seemed to be OK. On visits to my grandmother in Leaside, I recall wandering byself in an area bounded by Bayview/CNIB/Eglinton/Brentcliffe.

]]> By: Vic http://valdodge.com/2007/06/17/the-right-to-roam/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Vic Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:48:23 +0000 http://valdodge.com/2007/06/17/the-right-to-roam/#comment-35 As an eight year-old I lived in Stoney Creek (now part of Hamilton). We were basically allowed to play on our street, on our property, and over at any of our neighbouring friends' houses. It wasn't a big deal to go around the corner and down the block to our school ground, or up into the woods along the escarpment to play on the Bruce Trail or in the creeks up there (though we also played on the train tracks, a big no-no!). We would sometimes take our bikes and ride them up to about 5km away, zig-zagging through all kinds of side street, orchards, and trails. This was much further than we were allowed to go, for sure! We were careful and knew what we were doing though. Good times. As an eight year-old I lived in Stoney Creek (now part of Hamilton). We were basically allowed to play on our street, on our property, and over at any of our neighbouring friends’ houses. It wasn’t a big deal to go around the corner and down the block to our school ground, or up into the woods along the escarpment to play on the Bruce Trail or in the creeks up there (though we also played on the train tracks, a big no-no!).

We would sometimes take our bikes and ride them up to about 5km away, zig-zagging through all kinds of side street, orchards, and trails. This was much further than we were allowed to go, for sure! We were careful and knew what we were doing though.

Good times.

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