Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Robbs Hill, In The Dark. I intended to grab the basemap, but it wasn't where I thought I had put it, so I just went out without it. The idea was to do some kind of a loop, and there are maps at some of the junctions out there, but I did an unspectacular job of picking a loop, and pretty soon I was out of the area that had trail maps. I was seeing the lights of houses in directions that I didn't expect, so I knew I wasn't going the right way. Finally some of the lights up ahead turned out to be reflectors on the poles of a big power line ride. The only one I could think of was down near Shirley Depot, and sure enough, that's where I was. I had also inadvertently grabbed the watch with the least amount of charge, and right about the time I hit pavement, the watch ran out of juice. AOWN: saw a dark shape up ahead of me, which I correctly guessed was a porcupine, and I watched him skedaddle up a tree.

And back, In The Dark. I noted the time on my watch when I hit the road and when I finished. I had hopes of saving myself a little by coming back via Griffin's Private Road, which I had seen on maps, but which was rather prominently festooned with No Trespassing signs, so I doubled back to the Ronchetti trailhead and went back that way. I was less put off by the conservation land's "Open Sunrise to Sunset" signs. Lunenburg has no such daylight-only restriction, thanks to my efforts.