April 9, 2021 - Old Town Hill, Newbury and Beyond

Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail.  To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left.  If you are curious how this all started, go here.

This roughly corresponds to D to E on Map 1A

Walter, Sulu and I set out from the parking lot at the Old Town Hill Trustees property . We decided to repeat the trail that goes through the reservation as it’s a nice walk with views, and the alternative would have been walking along a narrow road with poor visibility.

View from Old Town Hill

We saw many signs of spring, including new green on willow trees and forsythia.
Sulu got a little illegal off-leash time on the top of the hill where we could see if anyone was coming (that he might bother).

Spring!

We left the reservation via a handsome stile and proceeded to Newbury Lower Green.  

This was not technically road walking as it was more of a historic access road.  There’s a historic schoolhouse museum with mannequins and props - we peeped through the window. 

From there it was road walking on Route 1A.  Crossing the Parker River was fun, and there was an interesting old cemetery on the corner of Newbury Neck Road and 1A.  

The trail led us down Newbury Neck Road (not enthralling but better than walking on 1A). 

The historic Dole-Little House (1715)

When Newbury Neck Road rejoined 1A, I mistakenly guided us down 1A instead of Old Rowley Road. This was extremely uninspiring. I belatedly realized my mistake, but by then it was too late to make any progress down Old Rowley Road, so we turned around. We chose to return via 1A instead of Newbury Neck Road for a change of scene and because it was a little shorter. 

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