Category Archives: Blog posts–Easy Walks

by | October 3, 2023 · 3:38 pm

In Search of Sea Caves (and Gold!)

Along the cliffs of The Ovens Natural Park

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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On our trip to the area near Halifax, Nova Scotia, (NS) we planned to ride our adaptive tandem bicycle on the multiple rail trails that are available in that area. The Salt Marsh Trail and St. Margaret’s Bay Trail ended up providing us with plenty to see on our travels. The rigors of setting up our tandem and riding up to twenty+ miles per outing means we take a rest day between the times when we venture out on the rail trails.

Cliffs at The Ovens
Stairs leading down to a sea cave

One of our “off” days took us to the Lunenburg, NS area. While looking at maps, we spotted a reference to The Ovens, in Riverport, near Lunenburg, which promised a cliff walk and sea caves.

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by | September 26, 2023 · 2:39 pm

Exploring Easy Walks South of Boston destinations

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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Swamp maples, early harbingers of autumn

The trail guide, Easy Walks South of Boston includes over fifty open space areas in seventeen contiguous towns south of Boston, thus the title. I recently visited several of these paths on a beautiful, blue-sky day in early fall. We saw touches of color but nothing like the show that awaits us in autumn in New England.

Over several months, Marilyn and Dave Doré, my collaborators, visited the 50+ destinations that now constitute this newest trail guide. I am endeavoring to visit many of these places in the coming month or so in preparation for upcoming Easy Walks presentations in various towns. The programs will be open to the public.

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by | September 20, 2023 · 3:21 pm

Many faces of the Bay of Fundy

Among the flower pots at the Bay of Fundy

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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The Bay of Fundy is world famous for its tides. Up to 50 feet in some places. Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park has perhaps the most famous portion of the Bay’s spectacular shoreline to visit, but there are so many other locations where you can witness the tides in this unique area.

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by | September 15, 2023 · 10:00 am

Easy Walks South of Boston is out!

We have been working since this past spring on the newest trail guide, Easy Walks South of Boston. Now available in paperback or ebook. Marilyn and Dave Doré have collaborated with me to make this a great resource for folks looking for Easy Walks.

So….what’s an Easy Walk? Not too many roots or rocks, relativley level with firm footing, and something of interest along the way. That’s it.

If you live in these towns or want to visit, there’s an Easy Walk waiting for you: Avon, Abington, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Dedham, Hanson, Holbrook, Norton, Norwood, Randolph, Rockland, Stoughton, Westwood, Whitman.

Marilyn and Dave Doré out on the trail

Here’s Marilyn’s essay about walking with her husband, who is legally blind. Please read it and understand what a labor of love this book is–for you or someone you know.

Interested in other areas? Here’s where you can peruse all the Easy Walks books and decide which one is best for you. Happy trails!

Marjorie

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors, and is the author of Easy Walks in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, More Easy Walks in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, Easy Walks and Paddles in the Ten Mile River Watershed, Easy Walks South of Boston and Finding Easy Walks Wherever You Are. Her memoir, the backstory of Easy Walks, is My Liturgy of Easy Walks: Reclaiming hope in a world turned upside down.

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by | September 14, 2023 · 11:54 am

Peggy’s Cove and other wonderful places to enjoy

Sunset near Peggy’s cove

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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Our place for the week, King Neptune Campground, quite near the famed Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, afforded multiple camping spots next to the ocean.

A shore dinner
Perched above the shoreline

We were able to spend time sitting next to the shoreline at our little piece of campground and watch the tide flow into and out of the small cove we were situated on.

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by | August 23, 2023 · 5:11 pm

War Memorial Park, West Bridgewater, MA

So much history in a small riverside park

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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War Memorial Park in West Bridgewater, MA looks like a small green space from the road. Well, …it is. Within its four+ acres is a lot to see. The Town River flows through the area, and as with so many rivers, and even streams in New England, the river was used as a power source for multiple industries through the years.

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by | August 21, 2023 · 5:30 pm

Rail trail explore in Rockland, MA

End of the line in Hanover, MA (for now)

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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We never know what we will find when visiting a new (to us) rail trail. The Hanover Branch, or Rockland Rail trail, mostly in Rockland, MA, is a work in progress. It is already a community resource, primarily for walkers, since it is relatively short for right now, (3+ miles end to end).

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by | August 17, 2023 · 10:21 am

Endean Recreation area, Norwood, MA

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Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

Former swimming hole now a scenic pond at Endean Recreation Area, Norwood

The new trail guide, Easy Walks South of Boston, uses the same template as the other trail guides, with information about Easy Walks (not too many roots or rocks, relatively level with firm footing and something of interest along the way) in towns that are contiguous to each other.

The new book!

Recently I had the chance to visit several of the trails that will be in the book. Here’s what I found at Endean Recreation area in Norwood:

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by | August 9, 2023 · 3:54 pm

Bridges, Bicycles, and Rail Trails, oh my!

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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Walkers, bicyclists and other non-motorized travelers can now go from Acton to Concord, MA on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. The trail stretches from Lowell, MA in the north to Framingham inthe south. Progress on developing the Sudbury/Framingham sections is ongoing. An impressive bridge connecting the two sections now stretches across Rt. 2 in Acton, near the Concord rotary, and continues south into Concord.

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by | June 6, 2023 · 4:04 pm

Been there, done that? Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

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Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

Book cover photo, taken along the north side of the Cape Cod Canal looking east

It had been a while since we visited the Cape Cod Canal bikeway. Easy to get to, no need to cross either canal bridge if you stay on the north side, and so scenic. A place that is easy to access can be taken for granted. However, like other places we may feel tempted to dismiss as “boring,” the canal offers great variety when you look a little closer for what can change between visits.

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