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A Puslinch Diary June 2001 A few weeks ago a concerned Puslincher wrote in the Readers Forum section of this web site about the negative inpact all the gravel pits are having in the area. The writer speculated that from the air Puslinch must look like a battle zone. I was intrigued by this image and asked if any reader had aerial photographs of the Puslinch pits, or, failing that, if any pilot would care to take the web master and his digital camera up to have a look. Well, reader Ric Holt put me in touch with pilot Harry Panjer and today (June 10) we went up and had a look.  Harry Panjer and his Cessna 172 Cutlass RG II We took off from the Kitchener/Waterloo Airport at about 9:00 am. We flew south to the 401 then along it to Puslinch. The first pits along the 401 covered both sides, with a thin screen of trees hiding most of the pits from the highway.  The 401 and surrounding gravel pits west of the Hanlon  Another shot of the same area west of the Hanlon We continued east and I took this shot of the Puslinch Library and Community Centre.  The Library and Community Centre The next picture is the new gravel pit on the south side of highway 34--it's big! You can see the removed trees lined up like corpses, they must not have a burning permit.  The new pit south of highway 34 While we were in the area I took this picture of our house, but I should have zoomed in the camera a little more.  Our House Harry and I then headed west along Maltby and then along Concession 4 and over the dump. And the dump looked pretty good. In fact, Harry didn't recognize it as being a dump.  The Dump Heading back to the airport we passed over another big gravel pit near highway 24.  Pit near highway 24 Arriving back at the airport, Harry took this picture of your intrepid web master. 
For most of it, Puslinch is as beautiful from the air as it is on the ground. However, in some areas a thin line of trees on the ground hides the ugly scars only visible from the air. While it does not look like a battleground, areas of Puslinch have been laid to waste by gravel pits. My thanks to Harry Panjer for making this possible. Read previous Puslinch Diaries:Jan, 2001--Municipal Election Day in Ontario.Feb, 2001--An opossum comes to visit. April, 2001--At the Puslinch Library. |