Training Log Archive: bl

Home from the end of Briarwood, a dead end lane I don't ever recall visiting - but that can't be true - 1.5 mi away and 27 yrs here. It ended in a T with three 'No Parking' signs front and center. Also a footpath beckoning with a small footbridge over a wet area and a marker on an adjacent tree: 'Conservation Land, Public Welcome'. After maybe 300 yds, it ended on the old, familiar path fm Robinson Rd pkng to Old Johnson Rd which I took to OJR and from Bow Bog Rd, thru the woods home. Three days of chilly NW wind is mostly gone. Good enough for April farewell.

With Eric and Sue M-J walking yellow blazes for easement boundaries and taking a look at the unauthorized mtb jump which includes a drainage ditch and small 'quarry' for soil to construct the ramps.

Around Head Pond - started at parking and went CW along gated-off road to point where the Head Pond Tr joined it - didn't see a soul enroute. Greeted by a beach with a brightly painted boulder at the trail jct. Back along the busy side: people, kids and dogs.

To and along Norwegian Ridge with W. Always appealing but more deadfall every year. Found an O streamer marking a boulder I believe - wasn't old so maybe to do with JA. Anything I'd have put out would be some five yrs ago.

At Nottingcook, from WH parking along WH to a clearing from years past - marveled at the 'stuff' brought there incl 6-7 old T-poles. Met a young man with his dog and finally another sitting in a chair enjoying the sun, reading and writing in a spiral notebook. His being there was quite the surprise. I went that way to see what mischief, if any, had gone on there in recent past but times of target practice, trash dumping etc seem to gave gone by.

Kayaking on Kimball Pond with Janelle. Went CW, started gpx late - maybe 2 mi. total . Chilly, gray, got to beaver dam, the vegetation being minimal.