After a long pandemic and life-related hiatus from hiking I thought it was about time to get back on the trail. After not having been out on a trail for so long I had to choose carefully: something challenging but not too challenging. After a quick look around I landed on the Admiral Lake Loop, part of the very good Musqudoboit Trailways Association. I've done a couple of their longer, more challenging trails, the South Granite Ridge and North Granite Ridge trails but knew I couldn't handle either of them at the moment.