Our assembly line crew fabricated all the WW cross-trail blazes at last weekend’s work party, and today we’ll be installing them on their trails. We’ll be starting on the southern end of the trails and working north. Paul has all the plastic blazes and aluminum nails. If you'd like to be part of this event bring along your favorite hammer, […]
Any clearing work we didn’t complete on the 30th will be completed first, then we’ll go through and install the Red Rectangle blazes. Paul will have a chainsaw if it’s needed, but hand tools such as loppers of a hand saw will be useful, as will a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of […]
This month's Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be January 22nd at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Leete Room. We will have a Zoom set up so those who want to attend virtually can do so. The Zoom connection will be hosted by John Goldin. The link to join is below. The agenda for this meeting and […]
We have a few trails remaining to mark with our new blazes, and four of the next five work parties have been scheduled to take care of the these. Today we hope to complete the Red Rectangle and Circle Trails. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer […]
Nut Plains property steward Doug Clark has reported five or six trees that need to be removed from the trails in the northeastern corner of the property ... so we’re meeting at this lesser used trail entrance for easier access. We’ll have a saw and protective gear, and ask you to bring along a saw if you have one. But […]
We plan to complete the Green Circle and Square trails south of the Blue Rectangle at this work party. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes ... we’ll have both the cut blaze materials as well as nails. Please dress for the […]
We plan to blaze all the cross trails in the middle of Westwoods at this work party. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes ... we’ll have both the cut blaze materials as well as nails. Please dress for the conditions and […]
We plan to blaze all the cross trails in the middle of Westwoods at this work party. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes ... we’ll have both the cut blaze materials as well as nails. Please dress for the conditions and […]
We’re getting down to the end and today we expect to finish up the cross trails, completing both the Blue/Green and White/Yellow. If you’d like to help blaze, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blazes. We’ll have both the cut blaze materials as well as nails. Please dress […]
We’ll complete the Green Square trail today and with any extra time we have we’ll relocate a few sections of trails in this area from wet paths to higher ground. See the 2nd of March for details of what you should bring for blazing. For relocation, garden clippers, a set of loppers and a hand saw will be needed. Paul […]
Property Steward Jeff Trombetta has asked for help in renewing the blazing on the property, so we’ll be doing as much as we can this afternoon, concentrating on the yellow trail south of the trolley strip. We’ll also plan to do any trail clearing we find, evaluate the board walk for repairs, and construct our ‘to do’ list for future […]
Property steward Bernadette Bober reports several trees are obstructing the Blue Trail, and this work party is planned to remove all of them. Paul will bring along a saw, but additional equipment for both tree removal and clearing is welcome. If you’d like to help, plan to meet at the bend in Tanner Marsh Road, just south of Richies Way […]