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.