{"id":13674,"date":"2021-06-17T07:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2021-07-04T23:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T03:19:25","slug":"the-almonte-ashton-stittsville-carp-loop-113-km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13674","title":{"rendered":"The Almonte \u2013 Ashton \u2013 Stittsville \u2013 Carp Loop (106 km)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Here is a terrific loop that takes you through beautiful country roads and the hamlets of Appleton and Ashton, along the TransCanada Trail into Stittsville, through scenic woods to Carp and then cycle back through farmland to Almonte. Enjoy this ride!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/almonte-old-town-hall-624x458-2-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/almonte-old-town-hall-624x458-2-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/almonte-old-town-hall-624x458-2.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almonte Old Town Hall \/ OVRT bridge \/ left on Main Street to Ramsay Con. 8 \u2013 2.9 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Ramsay 8 to Reid Gardens on Pick Road \u2013 14. 5 km<\/li>\n<li>Left Pick \/ Left County Road 29 \/ Right Fairway Crescent to Wilson Street \u2013 2.1 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/appleton_140701_1-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/appleton_140701_1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/appleton_140701_1-1.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wilson Street through Appleton &amp; over bridge \/ Left on River Road up hill \u2013 3 km<\/li>\n<li>Right onto Appleton Sideroad and follow to 9<sup>th<\/sup> Line \u2013 8.3 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on 9<sup>th<\/sup> Line to Ashton &amp; its main corner \u2013 4.4 km<\/li>\n<li>Right at corner onto Flewelynn Road to Dwyer Hill Road \u2013 3.1 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Dwyer Hill to intersection of TransCanada Trail \u2013 2.6 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13682 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stittsville-017-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stittsville-017-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stittsville-017.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right onto the TransCanada Trail into Stittsville \/ to Main Street (Quitters Coffee) \u2013 11 km<\/li>\n<li>Continue on TransCanada Trail to Iber Road \u2013 2.5 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Iber which turns into Huntmar \/ pass Canadian Tire Place to Richardson Sideroad \u2013 5.6 km<\/li>\n<li>Right Richardson \/ Left Terry Fox to Second Line \u2013 4.4 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Second Line \/ Left Old Carp Road winding through to March Road \u2013 6.7 km<\/li>\n<li>Continue on Donald Munro Drive into Carp and corner of Carp Road \u2013 2 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/alice-s-in-carp-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/alice-s-in-carp-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/alice-s-in-carp.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right on Carp Road (pass Alice\u2019s Caf\u00e9) to Craig Side Road \u2013 1.7 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Craig Side Road \/ follow Donald Munro Drive around two bends to Panmure Corner &#8211; \u00a011.5 km<\/li>\n<li>Through onto Panmure Road to Ridge Road \u2013 10.8 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Ridge Road through to corner of Martin Street North \u2013 2.7 km<\/li>\n<li>Left on Martin Street North into Almonte \/ through lights back to Old Town Hall \u2013 6.2 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see more on cycling, pedal through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the By George Journal menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>. <em>And yes, Chris also <\/em><em>would rather be cycling\u2026 <strong>#bikealmonte<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a terrific loop that takes you through beautiful country roads and the hamlets of Appleton and Ashton, along the TransCanada Trail into Stittsville, through scenic woods to Carp and then cycle back through farmland to Almonte. Enjoy this ride! Almonte Old Town Hall \/ OVRT bridge \/ left on Main Street to Ramsay&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13674"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13904,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions\/13904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}