Schuylkill River Trail - Thun Trail Nice trail in a sketchy area, PS watch for the dead bodies By captainvette in 9/24/2012 11:15:36 PM | It's a shame this trail has to be located where it is. Coming from the Reading end we looked to park at the trail head on Angstadt Ln, which turned out to be inaccessible due to bridge construction. So we moved on to one behind several businesses. When we pulled in there was only one other vehicle, whose occupants appeared to be doing something other than planing to enjoy the trail. Weed? crackheads? I don't know they just looked sketchy, and I wasn't leaving my truck there. So we moved on once again. We finally came across another trail head behind some burger joint/bar and it was actually really nice, it appeared fairly new, and best of all no crackheads in sight. After we unloaded we headed out a trail from the parking lot, while somewhat narrow it still seemed nice. Turned out it was about a half mile loop that came out the other end of the parking lot. We realized the actual trail was across street. When we headed in that direction we noticed a guy coming out of the restroom carrying a bottle in a brown paper bag. It didn't look like gatorade either. We chose to head off and hope for the best. The trail was fairly nice although a bit narrow and doesn't show much use. I found it odd that on a fairly nice day we only came across about five or six other people on the ride the whole way to Pottstown. Bottom line is the closer to Pottstown you get the safer you feel. There's just an uncomfortable feel to the trail which is a real shame as it's a nice level, smooth, trail with some scenic sights along it. If you think I'm being a little overly critical regarding the security on the trail I'll just add that in today's paper there was a brief article about a body of a man who was found shot to death on the trail. I don't usually like to pack heat with me on bike ride my friends. But if I do it'd be on this trail. Stay safe my friends. Enola Low-Grade Trail Lot of potential By captainvette in 11/27/2011 7:24:05 PM | We've done different sections of the trail and have always found the surroundings beautiful. Today it was quite interesting as the recently re-opened rock climbing sections near the Safe Harbor end provided some entertainment by those braver than us. The big drawback to this trail is the large stone used on it. What could otherwise be a nice leisurely ride is ruined by the bone jarring surface. This is at best driveway stone not the pea gravel used on other trails. Even on Mtn bikes it takes away a lot of the fun. I truly hope they do something about it because I think it would see A LOT more use if they did.