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Decorated intersection on Chestnut Hill Rd., and the mice and "stonewall family" at Rose’s Farm in Glastonbury, CT. (Click on photos to enlarge)
Never believe what you read!
My friend Leslie and I took a little bike ride today in the town of Glastonbury. A description of the route says, “contains both gentle grades and a couple of challenging hills.” Anyone who knows Glastonbury should know there are NO gentle grades. Leslie and I did not know that.
Our bike tour of the town included a lot of pushing bikes up hills and time spent resting from pushing bikes up hills. What goes up does go down. Our route had some of the best down hills I’ve seen in a long time—our reward.
Along the way we saw spectacular scenery, open fields, huge boulders, endless stone ledges, and huge homes perched atop ridges offering what must be magnificent 360° views of central Connecticut.
We began our ride at the Rocky Hill Ferry landing and took the ferry across the Connecticut River to Glastonbury just for the fun of it. Our ride should have been about 18 miles, but we cut it short by two miles when we took a cross-country short cut. By doing this we found a great, back country road with lots of charm even if it didn’t have exactly the best riding surface.
Our pedaling time was 2 hrs, 10 min., while clock time was 3 hrs, 30 min. That tells you how much time we spent walking and resting! ☺
Our final take on the ride? It was fun even though it was grueling.
Would we do it again? NO! ☺ ☺
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