Hiking club hits the trail for season opener - The Beacon Herald - Ontario, CA: "A small army of men and women gathered on a beautiful Sunday afternoon here for the first of nine hikes offered this season by the Avon Trail Hiking Club.
'We have had a tremendous response,' said Shirley Gotts, who led the hikers on a nine-kilometre journey.
The club enters its 35th season and about 60 people showed up near the quarry in St. Marys eager to see the sights.
The hike was expected to take about three hours and take participants along the Thames River, near McCully's Hill Farm and into the bush at Wildwood Conservation Area.
The hiking club brings out all walks of life, Ms. Gotts said, though its 80 members are mostly middle-aged and up.
'Because that is when we realize we need to start (exercising),' Ms. Gotts said with a laugh."
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