Our Trails, Our Stories
by Sentiers Wakefield Trails
‘Our Trails, Our Stories’ is a podcast series that explores the connection people have to trails, nature and the great outdoors. We’ll hear from people who spend time on the trails and understand the role trails play in their lives and in their communities.Sentiers Wakefield Trails is a non-profit organization in Wakefield, Quebec, dedicated to building and maintaining safe accessible trails for those who live in the area and the thousands who visit every year.Produced by Pierre Loiselle & Roberta BouchardNarration by Anne Van Dusen and Rose PommierMusic by Ian Tamblyn
Episodes
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Fran Cutler and The Sound of Trails
Fran Cutler’s family has an attachment to the Wakefield area that goes back almost one hundred years. Like many of us, Fran considers Wakefield one of her “favourite villages in the whole world!”. For the 30 years she worked at the CBC, the Gatineau Hills always provided a respite from the…
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Kerry Hodgins, Trail Adventurer
Kerry is one of those people who has beautifully fabricated a life for herself in which work and play seem to co-exist in perfect balance. Her home, also her main place of work, is nestled between the Gatineau River and the surrounding hills creating the ideal gateway to many water and land…
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Nick Appleby, Constructeur de ponts
Not that we’re giving his age away, but Nick remembers the days of his youth when there were no computers, and kids like him mostly spent all of their time outdoors. He still makes a point of getting out into the forest – both on and off the trails. Which might be the reason why he joined the SWT...
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Liz Robertson, Trail Traveller
Liz Robertson, also known in the Wakefield area as Pip, spends plenty of time on the trails. Originally from New Zealand, she now calls Wakefield home. As a fitness instructor, she often uses the trails for boot camps and even incorporates trail work into the workouts! Perhaps Pip’s biggest...
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Colin Bunge, Trail Teacher
Colin Bunge has been seeking adventures for quite some time. And he turned that passion into a career – teaching outdoor ed and running outdoor adventure programs for youth in the Western Quebec area. His goal? To instill that passion in others, specifically the young people he teaches and in his...
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Bodi Delgrosse and the Trails of Life
Bodi Delgrosse would choose a forest over a desk any day so it was a definite yes when his college classmate, Adrian Vaillancourt, asked him, in the spring of 2018, if he wanted a summer job working on the Wakefield trails. During those months, the two of them took on many projects while forging…
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Ken Bouchard, Old Fart Trail Champion
It was his mother who introduced Ken to trails and the call of the wild. He was only 5 years old but that experience shaped the rest of his life. Now into his seventies, Ken looks back at his personal connection to trails and trail building and reflects on the biggest takeaway: a sense of...
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Joan Garnett, Trail Pioneer
At 88, Joan has a lot of amazing memories of the place she has called home for more than 50 years. During that time, she has witnessed the evolution of a community that co-exists with nature. And she completely understands the importance of the preservation of that incredibly valuable asset.
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Julien Loiselle, Trail Explorer
Is there anything better than sharing in the enthusiasm of a child as they discover the world around them? 6 year-old Julien Loiselle takes us on a Wakefield trail tour and talks about the importance of getting out into nature and the thrill of spotting ground hogs. Or maybe it was an otter? Or a...
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Phoebe Miles, Trail Runner
On the verge of turning forty, Phoebe took up her son's challenge to run in a local race. She did the 5K. And she just kept running. Now logging 80K in a weekend, its obvious trail running has become Phoebe's passion - a way to deal with personal milestones and turning points. With the soft earth...
About this show
‘Our Trails, Our Stories’ is a podcast series that explores the connection people have to trails, nature and the great outdoors. We’ll hear from people who spend time on the trails and understand the role trails play in their lives and in their communities.Sentiers Wakefield Trails is a non-profit organization in Wakefield, Quebec, dedicated to building and maintaining safe accessible trails for those who live in the area and the thousands who visit every year.Produced by Pierre Loiselle & Roberta BouchardNarration by Anne Van Dusen and Rose PommierMusic by Ian Tamblyn
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