The Trail Treasure contest is still open, and I'm already working on the next hunt. I plan to wind down the first one in another week or so... so if you've been meaning to get out and explore the Arched Bridge Conservation area, do it soon!

 

 

(Read More...)

Getting out and playing in the dirt makes people happy. I'd never doubted it, but a study published earlier this year proves it. 

(Read More...)

Beaver Brook is my favorite place to go run in south-central New Hampshire, and I've long thought it would be a great place for a trail race.

(This is an old post, I'm bumping it up because it's coming right on up Sunday...)

 

(Read More...)

The first Trail Treasure hunters have been quick to share news of their find (see earlier posts if you don't know about this contest), along with reminiscences about the area.

If anyone tried to e-mail, and it bounced back, please try again. I neglected to clean out my 'sent' folder before this contest started, so my inbox filled up far too fast!

 

 

(Read More...)

The Arched Bridge Conservation Area lies just over the state line, in Dunstable, Mass. The area is named for an old railroad bridge crossing Salmon Brook, a spectacular example of 19th-century engineering.

(Read on to the end for directions to the Treasure Chest)....

 

 

(Read More...)

Getting out into the great outdoors is its own reward.

Within a short ride, run or drive from any southern New Hampshire neighborhood, you can enjoy the tranquility of birdsong and a fresh breeze through the trees, the beauty of an open vista over rolling hills or perhaps the scent of a tiny wild flower.

It’s all good for you, except perhaps the deer flies, which can be murderous this time of year. They’re for the birds.

To encourage people to get out and explore, and share some of our favorite local spots, The Telegraph and Off Track will be running a contest of sorts, called Trail Treasures.

 

(Read More...)

It hardly comes as a shock to hear that wearing your iPod outdoors during a thunderstorm is a bad idea.

 

 

 

(Read More...)

A recent motorcycle outing (see last post) took me out Route 123 and through Alstead, where the scars from last year's flooding remain raw.

 

(Read More...)

We saw them coming as we left Bellows Falls after lunch on Friday; a great gray wall of them marching at double time from the west. 

(Read More...)

The weather looked a bit dicey today, so Michelle and I decided that a hike would be a better bet than a motorcycle trip. We headed out west, for the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail.

 

 

(Read More...)

Never have I enjoyed such a magnificent view for so short a hike as the trek to the top of Gap Mountain.

 

(Read More...)

I woke up to a familiar sound this morning, though it took me a while to place it. 

(Read More...)