Writ of Mainprize
"Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world — except for a nice MLT — mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe" — Miracle Max, The Princess Bride
A couple of weeks ago, I went with three friends to try out the trails in Haliburton Forest. Haliburton Forest has over "three hundred kilometres of access roads and trails" which makes it very difficult to try every trail in one weekend! Trails range from gravel roads, double-tracks (trails made by 4x4s), single-tracks and dead ends running up very steep rocky cliffs or straight down into fetid bogs!
Many of the trails are dual-use (hiking/biking) and that weekend we shared a few trails with runners participating in a 100 mile run (yes.. that's right a HUNDRED miles...and yes, they were insane).
September was a really good time to go, because the mosquitoes were nearly gone. Not all gone, but close enough to be comfortable, except when standing in a fetid bog...
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I stumbled across this website searching for the latitude and longitude coordinates from the Da Vinci Code. It has nothing to do with the Da Vinci Code, but it's actually pretty neat nonetheless. The idea behind the Degree Confluence Project is to build a photo archive record of all of the positions on Earth which correspond to the crossing of integer latitude and longitude lines (e.g. 44°N 79°W). | People are asked to provide photos of facing the four cardinal directions, and a photo of their GPS readout. Check the requirements at the website if you'd like to contribute photos for the confluence project. The goal is to record every confluence point on or within site of land across the globe. ... Read the full post »
3246 I just spent a week in Dundas (near Hamilton, Ontario) and got to cycle on a number of paths and bike trails. I was certainly impressed with these trails. Several abandoned railroad right-of-ways have been converted to excellent shared use trails, many of the streets and highways have well marked bike lanes and there are many mountain biking trails (both maintained and bushwacked). There is a trail map available. ... Read the full post »
I've just recently returned from a mini-vacation in Southwestern Ontario where I went cycling along a number of surprisingly good trails. I will be posting about the trails later, but here are a few plant photos that I took while cycling. They aren't the greatest pics, but you get the idea. 3254 3257 3260 3263 Black-eyed SusansOrnamental grassTeaselVervain? 3278 3290 3329 3338 Touch-Me-NotsAsterBody Snatcher?Fern
WRIT OF MAINPRIZE, English law. A writ directed to the sheriff (either generally, when any man is imprisoned for a bailable offence, and bail has been refused; or specially, when the offence or cause of commitment is not properly bailable below) commanding him to take sureties for the prisoner's appearance, commonly called mainpernors, and to set him at large. 3 B]. Com. 128. Vide Mainprize.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.