With a French Kiss Joshua's Trust Chenes Roches Preserve, Willington June 2021 We all know English isn't the prettiest tongue on earth. I can't say which language is the most pleasant to the ear, but French is pretty nice. Take this preserve's name: Chenes Roches... ahh... Chenes Roches... (It's pronounced … [Read more...]
Harrington’s Kissing Bridge
Turning Red (Potato Pizza) Harrington's Kissing Bridge, Willington If you're reading this wondering why you're reading this, I'll tell you why you're reading this: because here at CTMQ we are thorough. When we say we're going to seek out and write about every covered bridge in Connecticut, we mean every covered … [Read more...]
Fenton-Ruby Park
A Real Gem Fenton-Ruby Park and Wildlife Preserve, Willington August 2019 I've written before that Connecticut's northern towns contain secrets. Not quite "Twin Peaks" level secrets, but something along those lines. I'm talking about things like how there was a point at which I thought I had hiked every trail in … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Willington
Everything Willington I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Willington CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Willington’s Town Trails
Willington's Town Trails The Nipmuck Trail nips Willington's southeast corner and Joshua's Trust has a parcel with a trail in town. Only 6,000 people live here and aside from a section of I-84, it's a very quiet, forested town. So of course there are endless opportunities for woodland hiking. Right? Oddly, … [Read more...]
Nipmuck Trail: Section 3
Section 3: This I Know(lton): I Pix(ied) a Winner Willington/Ashford, ~15 Miles (one-way), With Matt Woodward February 5, 2017 Marsh Rd to Barlow Mill Road My tortured title refers to my hiking partner, Matt Woodward. Matt has been chronicling northeast CT's Joshua's Trust properties, among others here, and … [Read more...]
351. Lance Arnold Gallery & Fairy Trail
Flotsam and GetSum Ashford/Willington (Google Maps Location) May 21, 2017 For those of you unaware who may happen to care, there's a CTMQ facebook page. I pretty much only use it to post new pages when I publish them. I'll spare you my facebook hate for now. Because sometimes it actually does something good. … [Read more...]
Joshua’s Trust Intro
Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic Trust Andover, Ashford, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Franklin, Hampton, Lebanon, Mansfield, Scotland, Tolland, Willington, Windham Whoa! Before I even read up on this land trust, I’m going to guess this is the largest one in Connecticut. FOURTEEN towns?! Sheesh, … [Read more...]
Red Potato & Pickle Pizzas at Willington Pizza
You Say Potato, I Say Delicious Willington Pizza House, Willington May 17, 2009 Way back in the 1990's, some college or college-age students used to do a thing called "dating." This was before online social media and smartphone apps made such a quaint practice obsolete among that demographic. And if you went to … [Read more...]