took two . off following the 23.5m sojourn in the dark & rain on Wed, so I was itching to get out but also facing a full day of family stuff.

so I decided to try the route starting with Washington street righ tnear us.

there are a couple of small hills, nothing terribly difficult. the real pain is that there’s no room to cross the bridge under construction unless you jump up onto the also-under-construction sidewalk.

looking at google maps afterward, it looks like East st is still my best  bet (flatter & shorter, can’t argue…). but I am going to try this way of cutting up crossing over Washington st. to get around Bellevue Hill. I don’t see a way to avoid Centre st entirely and its traffic without taking some of the hill, but who knows I’ll look at alternatives over time.

stopped by Dedham Bike and wow it is quite a store. made me think of getting a luggage rack and some snap on bags