Putting Stock in These Woods CFPA's Wabbaquasset Trail, Woodstock November 2024 As I write this, I think this is still CFPA's newest trail. It was christened in June of 2022. I could joke that CFPA must be running out of places, since this trail is literally located at the end of a dead-end gravel road just shy of … [Read more...]
The Fifty-Acre Wood
Winnie the Poo The Fifty-Acre Wood, Woodstock November 2024 After driving through northern Woodstock along Redhead Hill Road, then English Neighborhood Road, you come to Pond Factory Road. You immediately think, "boy, I'm taking this skinny gravel road to Massachusetts, there can't be much up this … [Read more...]
Tree House Brewing
The Magic (of) Tree House Tree House Brewing, Woodstock November 2024 The first half of this page is a cut and paste from my page about this place when it was just a cidery. Since I separate cideries from breweries, there simply must be two separate pages on CTMQ. I’m at a bit of a loss here. On the one hand, … [Read more...]
Tree House Farm Trails
Go Climb a Tree Tree House Farm Trails, Woodstock November 2024 No one is coming here to hike. Heck, no one is coming here to drink or purchase and then accidentally hiking. And that's fine, because the "hiking" here isn't so much hiking but just strolling down farm roads through the plantings at the Woodstock … [Read more...]
Border Woods
Bordering on Madness New Roxbury Land Trust's Border Woods, Woodstock November 2024 None of the New Roxbury Land Trust properties are officially trailed. The last time I experienced a New Roxbury Land Trust property, I wrote: Look, I hear you. When did I start writing about untrailed and admittedly … [Read more...]
Rocky Hill Refuge
Eesh Wyndham Land Trust's, Rocky Hill Refuge, Woodstock November 2024 I went to the Rocky Hill Refuge on Rocky Hill Road in Rocky Hi - err, in Woodstock. (Coincidentally, I had just "completed" Rocky Hill a week or so prior.) You do not need to ever go to the Rocky Hill Refuge on Rocky Hill Road in Woodstock, … [Read more...]
Loos Center for the Arts
They're Not Booing, They're Saying "Looooooos!" Woodstock (Google Maps location) October 2023 The story of how I was able to see the Gallery at the Loos Center is the story of the Gallery at the Loos Center. Not that the Loos Center and its art gallery aren't fine and respected venues in the Quiet Corner... but … [Read more...]
Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory
By The Time They Got to Woodstock... Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory, Woodstock October 2022 Tree House began brewing beer here in September 2023, and I revisited this place for the brewery. I'm at a bit of a loss here. On the one hand, there's too much for me to say about Tree House The Company but on the … [Read more...]
Woodstock Creamery at Valleyside Farm
Big Skyr Country Woodstock Creamery at Valleyside Farm, Woodstock October 2022 Woodstock is rural with a capital R. Dirt roads and farms abound. It's firmly in Connecticut's Quiet Corner and a big part of the Last Green Valley - the swath of land in the eastern megalopolis that isn't megalopolissy. Real farms... … [Read more...]
Nipmuck State Forest: Breakneck Pond Trails
Al Breakyerneck Nipmuck State Forest Breakneck Pond Trails, Union & Woodstock June & October 2022 Finally. I'm finally finishing up my hikes (and write-ups) at the massive block of undeveloped land along the Massachusetts border in Union. Most people consider this whole area Bigelow Hollow State Park, but in … [Read more...]