Great Bay, Caffine, Wagon Hill...

Did some riding from my Dad’s on Thursday…I grew up not too far from where my Dad lives now and so decided to head that direction. I rode through some small towns into Exeter, up 108 a short ways to Newmarket and then took off onto Durham Pt Road which heads out towards the Great Bay. This is a beautiful little back road. On my left was woods and occasional farm houses and off to the right was fields and stonewalls leading down into the Bay. I had stopped at a bakery on 108 and picked up a muffin so once I was out on Durham Pt and found a good spot in the sun to sit for a while…Didn’t go all the way into Durham, instead I took off down Dame rd, a dirt road through the woods that I knew would loop me back toward Newmarket and then wound my way through various back roads towards my Dad’s.


Was having espresso withdrawal and the only coffee (if you want to call it that) anywhere near my Dad’s is Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts are everywhere here, they are the Starbucks of New England only with extremely bad coffee. I drove into Durham to Breaking New Grounds a great little shop on Main St and worked on the Veloshop DVD for a while over a really good americano. There is a lot of footage to sort through, but its fun to watch, it all seems like a long time ago. Headed over to Wagon Hill Farm to do some riding. Its an old farm property that was bought by the town of Durham and turned into a sort of park with trails. We used to have cross country races here when I was in school. I have been doing lots of longer road rides the past week so I decided to get off road a little bit and just do some wandering around the farm. The trails go right down and along the Great Bay. I found a loop or two and did some laps.


Weather is supposed to be crappy the next couple days, it was gorgeous out again.