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--e89a8f923f7c393d2404c842fcbf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 26 August 2012 Yesterday Martine and I cycled a new rail-trail (for us), the eastern-most section of the Chester Connector. This runs from East River at the base of the Aspotogan Peninsula, then loops north (and under) Hwy 103, goes around Labrador Lake, passes under 103 again, and returns to near Hwy #3 just south of Goat Lake. This looked like the "wildest" and most interesting part of this little-publicised rail-trail, which is why we chose it. The trail at either end has been properly finished, but the rest is quite a bit short of the quality of, say, the BLT Trail, the St. Margaret's Bay Trail, or the Salt Marsh Trail. Still, slow and steady got us through. Most breeding birds had departed, and the forests were quite quiet, with only three chickadee flocks, only one of which was "carrying" migrant warblers. But the scenery made it worthwhile, as well as the solitude. We encountered no-one else on the trail. The only sighting of note was of two Solitary Sandpipers along the edge of the un-named creek that flows into the north end of Goat Lake. For James Hirtle's Lunenburg County notes this was roughly 600 metres north of Hwy 103 on the rail-trail, north of Goat Lake. Cheers, Blake -- Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> White's Lake, Nova Scotia My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> --e89a8f923f7c393d2404c842fcbf Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4"><font face=3D"tahoma,sans-serif">26 August 2012<br><br>Yes= terday Martine and I cycled a new rail-trail (for us), the eastern-most sec= tion of the Chester Connector.=A0 This runs from East River at the base of = the Aspotogan Peninsula, then loops north (and under) Hwy 103, goes around = Labrador Lake, passes under 103 again, and returns to near Hwy #3 just sout= h of Goat Lake.=A0 This looked like the "wildest" and most intere= sting part of this little-publicised rail-trail, which is why we chose it.<= br> <br>The trail at either end has been properly finished, but the rest is qui= te a bit short of the quality of, say, the BLT Trail, the St. Margaret'= s Bay Trail, or the Salt Marsh Trail.=A0 Still, slow and steady got us thro= ugh.=A0 <br> <br>Most breeding birds had departed, and the forests were quite quiet, wit= h only three chickadee flocks, only one of which was "carrying" m= igrant warblers.=A0 But the scenery made it worthwhile, as well as the soli= tude.=A0 We encountered no-one else on the trail.<br> <br>The only sighting of note was of two Solitary Sandpipers along the edge= of the un-named creek that flows into the north end of Goat Lake.=A0 For J= ames Hirtle's Lunenburg County notes this was roughly 600 metres north = of Hwy 103 on the rail-trail, north of Goat Lake.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><br>Blake<br clear=3D"all"></font></font><br>-- <br><font si= ze=3D"4"><a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">Blake Mayb= ank</a><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> </font><font size=3D"4">My Blog:=A0 <a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com" tar= get=3D"_blank"><b>CSI: Life</b></a><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:= 16px;height:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;heigh= t:16px"></span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></= span><span style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></span><span= style=3D"padding-right:16px;width:16px;height:16px"></span><br> <br></font><br> <br><div></div><div></div><div></div><br> --e89a8f923f7c393d2404c842fcbf--
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