On Sunday, November 6 at 2 pm, Weston Forest & Trail Association trustees will lead their second official (and third overall counting last weekend’s Cross-Weston walk) hike on conservation land for this “walk year” of October-May. You can check out the upcoming walks and their descriptions on the WFTA website. Doublet Hill is one of the three public viewpoints towards
Read moreYesterday, 23 hikers set off from the Lincoln border on a 9.3-mile tour of Weston with an ultimate destination of Carisbrooke Reservation in Wellesley. Most of the walk followed Weston’s Green Corridor–the leafy left side of the map where one can walk trails rather than roads from north to south–until you hit route 30. Not to get into it again,
Read moreJoin Weston Forest & Trail Association trustees this Sunday, October 2, at 2 PM for the first WFTA Sunday Walk of the new season, a 65-year tradition. The walk will start behind Lamson Park near the Town Green, hike through woods down to the Rail Trail, under Concord Road passing by the murals painted by high school students, and dip
Read moreAs many Westonians know, there is a long-standing rivalry in Weston between the coveted northside and the desirable southside.* While it does not reach the level of Golden Ball Tavern (loyalist) vs Josiah Smith Tavern (all patriot all the time) competition which caused cannons to be rolled down Boston Post Road (oh fine, that was actually General Knox and K9
Read moreThere is no dearth of activities in and around Weston this weekend–you’ll have to have your Harry Potter Time Turner or whatever to make it work for you. With luck, I will be able to cover a small portion of them here including the WWRA Ergfest, the Phantom Gourmet fest in Waltham and several high school parties this weekend. Oh,
Read moreWhile ostensibly helping out on the Stewardship Saturday event on Saturday (DIE KNOTWEED!) with a bunch of our hunters, I actually just took my machete and ran away. Which sounds more dangerous than it was–I was off in search of reported evil knotweed at the Marian Case Nature Classroom, a place near and dear to my heart. If you haven’t
Read moreAs many know, the Owl is a bit obsessed with trees and trails and nature. There is not a day when she is not on Weston’s trails–but yesterday was a day to fly over to the Arnold Arboretum, a 281-acre tree, shrub and plant paradise just 30 minutes from Weston (depending on how Route 9 feels about you–it was feeling
Read moreWhat a day, Weston! Immediately after reading this post, the Owl suggests that you head out to Jericho Town Forest, this town’s largest Conservation property at almost 550 acres. Not to editorialize too much (as if I could stop myself), this property exists for you because people way back when (like 1955) decided to protect it for future generations. There
Read moreAfter the 20-day visit of my inlaws and a 10-day day visit from Captain Covid, the pile-up of work is no joke–between writing the Owl and doing Weston Forest & Trail work, plus Owlet Bus, this Owl needs about 36 hours put back into her day. So what’s a person to do? Run away. Yes, it is true; I packed
Read moreOn Sunday, April 3rd at 2 PM, join the town’s best nonprofit trails organization (also only, but who needs to know that?) on an exploration of the College Pond conservation area. The trail walk starts at Burchard Park, wanders some of the outskirts of the Campion Center, through fields, and across the famous Troll Bridge where you can see the
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