Sunday, July 11, 2021

I wanted to connect last weekend's run from Tolland into Granville off "Sheets" Road and toward Beech Mill Road at it's intersection with "Lover's Lane".

It would be great to include a few new sections on Blandford Road as well, if possible.

Made great time running out the 4.5-miles (or so) from Schoolhouse Road to Beech Hill Road, averaging about 5.3 mph in serious water due to all the heavy rainfall of the past two-weeks.  Explored and luckily things are coming together well throughout the adventures.

Stumbled upon a nice cellar hole on the snowmobile trail / Blandford Road that connects to Farnum Road section.  Also noticed a couple of "balanced rocks" along this route, but I honestly couldn't tell if they were recently "placed" in their position by heavy equipment (which normally isn't a concern, but these are just off a road that seems like it does get some maintenance although in very rough condition.

Finished with 9.3-miles, with somewhat bothersome deer flies, but on a good note I beat the rain by only minutes.

Swamp north of Blandford Road

Brook with stonework

Foundation Cellar Hole

Well at Cellar Hole

1st Balanced Rock

2nd Balanced Rock

2nd Balanced Rock