The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail here in Berkshire County is one of my favorite places to be during the warmer months in Western Massachusetts. These warmer months are fast approaching. I have a ton of memories on this trail. I learned how to run on the Ashuwillticook and eventually completed my first half marathon there.
This old train track, which is which runs through the Berkshire County towns of Cheshire Lanesborough, Adams and now Pittsfield, is now longer than 13 miles. There is one thing that I would always notice on the trail in both directions that I couldn’t figure out.
There are at least two concrete pillars along the trail that have a large “W” engraved in them near the top which are filled in with white paint…