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Blue and White end-to-end Criteria

Our criteria (rules) for completing  the Blue & White Bruce Trail end-to-end are:
1. We must complete each Club section with at least the same distance as is on the White Main trail alone at the time we start that section.
2. We must take all branch blue trails. A branch is defined as a side trail that attaches to the main trail in two separate places. There are some branches that have more than one name, if that is the case we are still obliged to take that combination of side trails. It will not be necessary to take all access trails.
3. We must do a contiguous route through each Club Section.  It is not possible to  do the complete Blue & White with a continuous route due to the limitations of parking places. We can however make sure that if  we were to start at one end, and did not have to stop, the trail parts that we traverse connect, so we could technically walk, end to end on the path we have chosen with no breaks.
4. We have the option of taking interesting side trails even if they are not branches. These are to be done only out of interest or for fun and are not necessary to complete the end-to end. (so far in our planning there is no occasion that needs these loop or retrace trails to meet the distance criteria 1).