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Saturday Apr 24, 2021 #
9 AM
Walk-jog 15:29 [3] 0.97 mi (15:58 / mi)
Fine April morn but a bit late temp-wise. BHS track, jogged straights, walked curves. The day Chief Lougee had a retirement parade - PD cars from neighboring towns, a few fire engines and more, starting @ BHS @10.
Walk-jog 14:35 [3] 1.0 mi (14:35 / mi) +2m 14:30 / mi
Same, but more effort. Jogged curves, walked straights. Need more of this. Never imagined my having to 'crawl out of a hole', so to speak.
2 PM
Orienteering 1:06:28 [1] 1.58 mi (42:04 / mi) +78m 36:28 / mi
O walk at BBSP - had a 2013 USOC green course, did part of it.
Park was full of users - many MTBers. On the first leg, about 10 passed in front of me in the woods on an un-mapped path on the map (in 2013). I've been on it in the past few months. At one point on Podunk Rd, 5 cars passed me in <30 seconds, a first. Stopped to look at the grave of an Unknown Civil War soldier. Had a chat with a gent with his three scotties.
Park was full of users - many MTBers. On the first leg, about 10 passed in front of me in the woods on an un-mapped path on the map (in 2013). I've been on it in the past few months. At one point on Podunk Rd, 5 cars passed me in <30 seconds, a first. Stopped to look at the grave of an Unknown Civil War soldier. Had a chat with a gent with his three scotties.
Friday Apr 23, 2021 #
Walking 45:00 [1] 1.5 mi (30:00 / mi)
Windy, around 5pm. Robinson's Crest with W. Met BOS Mark F & his wife & their dog Anzo w/ whom W had the best trail romp ever.
Pensive day in that 'real' work was done for good.
Pensive day in that 'real' work was done for good.
Thursday Apr 22, 2021 #
4 PM
Walking 1:03:08 [1] 1.04 mi (1:00:42 / mi) +35m 54:57 / mi
"April 22, 2021, afternoon about 5pm
OJR (dog) final walk to look for the evasive, likely non-existent corner pipe. I measured 3 times 100’ with a 100’ string from the previous ("flamingo”) corner which is solidly marked with pipe & vertical blazes. I measured out pretty close to 300’ on the 291’ leg, as denoted on the OJR map. Thus, I was confident about where to focus my search. The 300’ ended about 35’ from the last blaze that Ken & I noted way back maybe 2016 —— and the same one when the three of us were there on April 15.
This blaze is on a large hemlock with fairly clean surrounding ground. That the boundary line was blazed to this ‘last' tree is perplexing because boundaries can’t be blazed without corners as I understand it. And, more so, this tree is blazed on opposite sides, as in continuation, to my mind anyway. There is no continuation and it is beyond the 291’ to my careful measurement.
Anyway, I looked for maybe 20’ in small area hoping for discovery of a pipe but didn’t find any. I left on the designated bearing for the next leg. When I got to the PL edge on that bearing, I looked for the next designated pipe and did not find one. There was one final “corner” designated on the map on the PL itself. I looked but did not find it. I continued on the final given bearing and ended pretty much at the known pipe & vertical blaze established corner near the dumpsters at the end of diCandra Dr.
I’d say surveyor expertise is needed.
>>>>>>>
Beth saw a bobcat out the back window this morning - Nottingcook resident evidently."
OJR (dog) final walk to look for the evasive, likely non-existent corner pipe. I measured 3 times 100’ with a 100’ string from the previous ("flamingo”) corner which is solidly marked with pipe & vertical blazes. I measured out pretty close to 300’ on the 291’ leg, as denoted on the OJR map. Thus, I was confident about where to focus my search. The 300’ ended about 35’ from the last blaze that Ken & I noted way back maybe 2016 —— and the same one when the three of us were there on April 15.
This blaze is on a large hemlock with fairly clean surrounding ground. That the boundary line was blazed to this ‘last' tree is perplexing because boundaries can’t be blazed without corners as I understand it. And, more so, this tree is blazed on opposite sides, as in continuation, to my mind anyway. There is no continuation and it is beyond the 291’ to my careful measurement.
Anyway, I looked for maybe 20’ in small area hoping for discovery of a pipe but didn’t find any. I left on the designated bearing for the next leg. When I got to the PL edge on that bearing, I looked for the next designated pipe and did not find one. There was one final “corner” designated on the map on the PL itself. I looked but did not find it. I continued on the final given bearing and ended pretty much at the known pipe & vertical blaze established corner near the dumpsters at the end of diCandra Dr.
I’d say surveyor expertise is needed.
>>>>>>>
Beth saw a bobcat out the back window this morning - Nottingcook resident evidently."
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021 #
11 AM
Walking 51:34 [1] 0.76 mi (1:07:51 / mi) +8m 1:05:42 / mi
To/thru Concord-Carlisle with Beth and then on to Stow. C&C are as lovely as they are unreal. Always a trip back thru time. 39 Barnes Hill was razed, so now a field. What a surprise, slow but inexorable changes. Had a walk around Walden in mind but no dogs allowed so we did with Hapgood-Wright.
Hapgood-Wright had a lot of potential but we had to get to Stow and thus the walk was too short. Spent close to 15' talking with an older couple - and the more we talked, the more food for thought and/or coincidences uncovered.
Found the house that o-maps' daughter & son-in-law were planning to move to. He wasn’t there. Would have been fun to chat. 2 years and 2 days ago, we did the UNO BBSP meet. Steve introduced me to O at same BBSP 45+ yrs ago.
Then on to Stow, saw grandchildren for first time since last July…fun and games.
Hapgood-Wright had a lot of potential but we had to get to Stow and thus the walk was too short. Spent close to 15' talking with an older couple - and the more we talked, the more food for thought and/or coincidences uncovered.
Found the house that o-maps' daughter & son-in-law were planning to move to. He wasn’t there. Would have been fun to chat. 2 years and 2 days ago, we did the UNO BBSP meet. Steve introduced me to O at same BBSP 45+ yrs ago.
Then on to Stow, saw grandchildren for first time since last July…fun and games.
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021 #
Note
Spent day at boat with Beth & W. Tired by arriving home.
Monday Apr 19, 2021 #
9 AM
Walking 1:13:26 [2] 2.43 mi (30:13 / mi) +141m 25:36 / mi
SPS, mostly along glass-smooth Turkey Pond. Fine spring morning, thinking how nice being on a kayak would be.Went there after CH blood work. Had 2 Pawtckaway O maps along for perusal.
Sunday Apr 18, 2021 #
9 AM
Walking 46:29 [1] 0.66 mi (1:10:46 / mi) +33m 1:01:13 / mi
Not much but not uninteresting walk along final border of OJR TF at this end.
Found blazes and two pipes. Very nice woods but as I got closer to IS 93 the vehicle racket was awful. I should have had yellow spray paint to refresh many of the blazes. Tried the other direction from the one known corner but no blazing from there. Without the other corner, the town forester can't blaze boundaries. Will have to make a final search for the missing corner - it must have been there once. The issue has been unresolved for too long a time.
PM ride with Beth - lovely country roads, farms, fields and forests. And 'once upon a times" such as this.
Found blazes and two pipes. Very nice woods but as I got closer to IS 93 the vehicle racket was awful. I should have had yellow spray paint to refresh many of the blazes. Tried the other direction from the one known corner but no blazing from there. Without the other corner, the town forester can't blaze boundaries. Will have to make a final search for the missing corner - it must have been there once. The issue has been unresolved for too long a time.
PM ride with Beth - lovely country roads, farms, fields and forests. And 'once upon a times" such as this.
