Not Fair Manchester Land Cons. Trust Trails (MLCT): Fairway Park 5-minute Bumble-Around, January 2017 I titled this page “Not Fair.” Why? Because busting on this MLCT property isn’t fair on my part. They do a great job all around the town of Manchester. I could give them the business regarding their website, … [Read more...]
Dehn Gallery (Closed)
DEHN-DEH-DEHHHHHNNNN! Manchester (Google Maps location) December 10, 2016 MCC's Dehn Gallery closed in 2019. The space was converted to Work_Space, a co-working and meeting space which also contains three tiny art galleries if you care to check that out. I don't. Upon reflection, I should have saved the Dehn … [Read more...]
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MLCT: Purdy Nature Park Trail
Purdy, not Purty Manchester Land Cons. Trust Trails (MLCT): Purdy Nature Park Trail 0.5 mile one way, December 2016 When I began completing Manchester, I knew I would have to walk a bunch of trails that most people would tend to avoid. That’s just the nature of being a completist. It even happens in the Catskills … [Read more...]
TSTL’16.14: Bluff Point State Park
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #14 Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve, Groton October 30, 2016 Here we are... at the end of the long and winding road that the 2016 DEEP Sky’s the Limit Challenge presented us. With hikes in New Fairfield, Greenwich, Thompson, and now Groton, we’d covered the … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 12: Hilliard Trail
Doesn't Amount to a Hilliard of Beans Hockanum River Trail: Hilliard, Manchester .3 miles round trip, May 2015 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the New State Road Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better … [Read more...]
Hilliard Mills
Hilliard Mills America's Oldest Wool Mill Manchester As with every "oldest" and "first" claim, I approached this page skeptically. However, after poking around the Internet for approximately 18 seconds, I'm calling it: This superlative is legitimate. Hilliard Mills in Manchester, near the confluence of … [Read more...]
Tschudin Chocolates & Confections
Tschop NoTsch Tschudin Chocolates & Confections, Middletown January 9, 2015 I have no idea how to pronounce Tschudin. Is the ‘T’ completely silent, or is it a whisper of a ‘T’ sound? Or does it not even matter, because the mad (in a good way) polymath behind the eponymous chocolate shop has the full name of Rob … [Read more...]
TSTL’16.13: Devil’s Hopyard
The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #13 Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam October 23, 2016 A week before Halloween. Oogity-boogity. No big deal going to a place called Devil's Hopyard then, right? I mean, it's just an antiquated place-name, and it's not like there would be any other nearby roads … [Read more...]
Pompey Hollow Park
Circumstance Brought Me to Pompey Pompey Hollow Park, Ashford January 2017 When I decided to visit and write-up “everything” in Connecticut’s 169 towns, the one area I wavered on was these little “town land trails.” I still don’t really know where to draw the line to be honest with you. I’ve sort of … [Read more...]
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