Cycling.
The Trans Canada Trail / Great Trail's Trent Hills segment follows the Trent River corridor between Hastings and Campbellford on a flat former rail-trail surface — the easiest entry to long-distance riding inside the municipality. Beyond the trail, the Northumberland County concession-road grid carries low-traffic rural cycling between the three villages and out to Warkworth across rolling farmland.
The brief.
The Trent Hills segment of the Trans Canada Trail is mostly off-road on the former rail corridor, with short on-road connections through Hastings and Campbellford. Surface is gravel-and-cinder typical of former rail-trail conversions; standard touring or gravel bikes work, narrow road tyres do not.
The Northumberland concession-road grid linking Campbellford, Hastings, and Warkworth carries low traffic but no separated infrastructure; rolling farmland rather than flat. May through October is the standard riding window.
Highway 401 to the south and Highway 30 north from Brighton are the main arteries — local roads in are quieter than the through-routes.
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Today's read.
Warm but workable.
