Training Log Archive: nancy

This was a bit of a debacle in some ways. I had scoped out a loop to both show J-J the Snake Meadow Hill area and go up MIllstone Hill, which we never made it to last week with all of the blowdown issues. But I had looked at OSM which didn't have an additional road/trail that led us into an area that I didn't expect. We ended up in the middle of the woods, with killer mosquitos and no clear knowledge of where to go. Ended up being a longer walk than I wanted without seeing a telescope.

Heading home from J-Js and went north this time into Lawrence Woods. A beautiful walk along the river, but the trails aren't quite a nice as the south side. Ended up going through the fairgrounds as well. Had heard about it, but never been.

Very pretty patch of mature woods near Four Corners in Groton that doesn't seem to have a name. Followed the obviously mountain bike trail for much of the walk, which was interesting. More trails than shown on my map, though. Luckily I did have a map to swat at the black flies making the walk quite tolerable.

Snake Meadow Hill, up behind my house, following a little different trail, which took me very close to the quarry operation, which was quite active so the walk was far from peaceful. Did a side walk to check on the swan family in Mill Pond, and the cygnets are growing well and I'm relieved to see that there are still four of them.

Sabine Woods and Groton School. I really enjoyed this walk through a new property. I had only been there once when J-J and I had dragged the kayaks to a put-in spot along the river. Very peaceful and hardly any dogs this early in the morning.

Cowdry Nature Center in Lunenburg. Not the nicest woods, but still a nice walk on a pretty day.