Cyclist John Lobraico has reported encountering barbed wire “fencing” stretched across the trail used by hikers and bike riders that runs from the parking lot near Bayview Avenue and Pottery Road to the ravine behind the Loblaws grocery store on Redway Road. He posted a photo showing scratches to his arms. The utterly malicious nature of such an ambush seems beyond the capacity of adults using the trail. Police have been notified. The incident has been posted to Leaside Community. It has inspired some unfortunate us versus them comment in the context of cyclists and “hikers and workout moms with their starbucks/yoga pants and baby strollers.” It does seem unlikely however that “workout moms” would be stringing barbed wire across a local trail. Leaside Community
