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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

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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

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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)

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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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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!

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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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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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by | May 30, 2023 · 4:13 pm

Rockingham Recreational Rail trail, Newfields, NH

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Stream alongside the trail

It was Memorial Day weekend, a time for remembrance of those who gave their lives in service of our country. These days, however, it is for many the unofficial start of summer. It was a beautiful day, and we knew lots of folks would be out and about.

We hoped to avoid crowds so rather than visit one of our local rail trails, we headed north with our adaptive tandem bicycle to investigate a trail we had not ridden on previously. The Rockingham Recreational Rail trail starts in the New Hampshire seacoast area. The eastern trail head begins in Newfields, New Hampshire, directly next to the Amtrak rail road right of way, which carries multiple passenger trains north and south along the coast.

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by | May 24, 2023 · 12:43 pm

Pedaling through history along the C&O Canal

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C&O Canal and towpath, Williamsport, Maryland

The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical park (C&O Canal) runs alongside the Potomac River valley from the tidal basin in Washington, D.C. to Western Maryland. What was once the tow path for the canal is now a broad, level footpath that is great for walking or bicycling. The Potomac River is within view for much of the section north of Williamsport, Maryland, where we traveled. The trail surface is in good shape, covered with packed stone dust for most of the section we traveled, with a few muddy spots along the way.

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by | April 24, 2023 · 6:25 pm

Choate Park Medway in Springtime

Light green and red lacy buds decorate the tops of trees in spring at Choate Pond, Medway

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

Spring is a great time to get outside, but like the fall, visible signs of spring and the changes that happen in this season are compressed into a few short weeks. Summer and winter last for months on end. If you miss the window of opportunity to catch these quick changes, you will have to wait till next year to witness, and possibly capture in photos the wonders of new life springing forth all around us. At least, this is what I reasoned after realizing I have very few good photos of spring in my files.

A few pictures from other springs

Thus I welcomed the opportunity to get outside on a windy spring afternoon in April at Choate Park in Medway, MA. I met up with Marilyn and Dave Doré, collaborators with me for our now published book, titled Easy Walks in Massachusetts South of Boston. We were excited to get started on this trail guide, a companion to the other Easy Walks in Massachusetts books already available. We published the book in September, 2023 and it is now available in paperback and ebook formats.

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