Wednesday Walk the Mattapoisett rail trail
This post if for Wednesday walk challenge Any questions about the challenge read the guide at the Bottom of the post ;)
For today I will share a few shots from an early mornign walk I took on the Mattapoisett rail trail, in Mattapoisett MA.
With the sunrise now being around 5:08 AM I have for the mnost part, been walking on spots within New Bedford, so that I can get there a good 45 Minutes or more before the sunrise, but the morning I did this walk, I woke up at about 3:30 and decided to quickly get dressed grab my camera bag and head out somewhere and decided to go a little further to do this walk.
Now most mornings when I go out for my early walks my wife is sleeping till after i get home, but this day she woke at 3:40 and wondered where the heck I was, but knows me well enough to know I was out walking somewhere so didnt get to stressed, but did ask why I was out so early lOL
A Funny thing about this spot, is the last three times I have been there, I start my walk and after about 5 minutes the battery on my remote for the camera dies, but this time I was prepared and had a replacement battery in my camera bag, I Know its a coincidence but funny its been this spot the last three times I needed to replace the batteries in my remote.
And speaking of batteries another weird coincidence, as I got into my car after this walk, the car told me the battery in my car fob key was running low, so that day I also had to replace that.
OK now onto the walk its a nice wide trail in this spot a pond on one side trees on the other
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Mattapoisett Rail Trail runs west to east for approximately 2 miles with paved sections through woodlands and elevated bridges over sensitive coastal marshes and beach. It connects directly to Fairhaven’s Pheonix Trail’s 4.5 miles so you can bike, walk, or jog for over six miles on this flat, easy path.
THis day I think I did most of the Mattapoisett portion of the trail, but didnt make into onto the Phoenix trail
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As you can see its a nice wide and flat trail, I can see why it is very popular for people to walk or cuycle on, the only complaint i have seen online is there are not enogh car parking spots for it
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Being early morning initially i had it all to myself but as it got lighter walkers started arriving
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I poppe doff the trail for this shot on the beach
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Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.
This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines
Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.
Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.
Try and get a few shots not just one
Add a bit of a write up about where you walked
Just one Wednesday Walk tagged post a week
You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.
Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss
Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .
Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.
I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules
I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.
I hope a few of you may find this an interesting challenge and decide to join in.
unless stated otherwise all photos used in my posts are taken and owned by myself, if you wish to use any of my images please contact me.
