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Leg 27, Nov. 29, 2020: Boxford to Georgetown
For the third consecutive Sunday, we are back on the trail, hiking this time through Boxford horse country and into leaf-covered Georgetown Rowley State Forest.
This stretch included a little bit of everything – from quiet woods and historic neighborhoods to old reservoirs, a new boardwalk and a World War I encampment.
We started in Lockwood Forest and traveled north along the Nancy Merrill Trail to Fish Brook, a part of the Ipswich River that empties into the Atlantic Ocean near our ultimate destination – Plum Island. Above the remnants of an old mill, a small dam holds back a small reservoir system that bordered horse farms.
Tap your dogsâ unleashed potential. Hereâs where you can let them run free
Greater Boston features a surprising number of open spaces where our well-behaved pooches are welcome to roam without fences.
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated February 25, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
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Stratham Hill Park in Stratham N.H.James Sullivan for the Boston Globe
A year into the pandemic, weâre all leading a dogâs life. Weâre gazing out the window, watching the world go by. Longing to run free.
If youâre an actual dog, you can in fact run free, as long as youâre a good listener and your human will take you someplace where itâs sanctioned. Given the lack of tail-wagging destinations in our lives since last March, it may take little more than a whimper by the door to get them to concede.