I wrote before about good places to bicycle off road in Nashua (and elsewhere), but I was holding out.

 

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Apparently no one really knows why many of the rocks in a glacial boulder field in eastern Pennsylvania chime like bells if you whack them with a hammer.

 

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So… why do the salamanders cross the roads?

To get laid, of course.

 

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The trail smiths of NEMBA plan to spend some time spiffing up the paths of Horse Hill Nature Preserve in Merrimack this coming Sunday (May 4).

 

 

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Many local trails are good and firm and ready for riding, after this unusual spring dry spell, and the Southern New Hampshire chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association is hosting a skillz clinic on Saturday, May 3, at Stellos Stadium.

 

 

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Author's note: Gentle reader, if you are easily offended, often indignant or just plain squeamish, please do us both the favor of skipping past this post.

I’ve recently noticed an unpleasant biological curiosity. How to put it delicately?

 

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The club that organizes the Grand Tree series doesn't call itself Western Massachusetts Athletic Club for nothing. Now, some folks have rounded up a bunch of races around the eastern end of central New England: the Eastern New England Trail Races Series.

 

 

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Speaking of trails and readiness, this year's Muddy Moose race has been postponed due to snow. 

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The Nature Conservancy has organized a guided bird tour out along the seacoast on Saturday May 3. Info here.

Sometimes you need to repeat a mistake every so often, just to remind yourself that it is in fact a bad idea.

 

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Researchers have found "White Nose Syndrome" in some 20 caves around the Northeast this winter, up from four caves during the winter of 2006-2007, the AP reports. 

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To arms! Two feet! 2 change!

 

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Ah, spring, and an old man's thoughts turn... well, let's not go there. 

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When I get on my bicycle, I always head west. Bicycling is better that way. The countryside gets scenic as soon as you cross Nashua city lines, and the further west you ride, the fewer cars you encounter (excepting Route 101A, of course).

 

Bicyclists can roll and revel in the bucolic Hollis back roads and raise money for a good cause this May 10, as friends and family of the late Jonathan Gilmour have organized a bicycle ride to raise money for his memorial scholarship fund.

 

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I stand gently but authoritatively corrected. New Hampshire has caves, according to Ernst Kastning, a speleologist with the New Hampshire Geological Survey.

 

 

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