I think I saw your group late on Saturday morning, as I was leaving the farmer's market in East Otis center. There were 2 couples, and one of the women was wearing sort of an olive green and black jersey.

As far as the gigantic hill that goes into Blandford Center on Route 23, that is a mile or so from my house, and I will never even attempt to ride up it, believe me! There are tons of huge hills around us, and I have walked up plenty of them in the last few years that I have been cycling. We ride regularly around Otis Reservoir, and it is especially quiet and beautiful in the fall after all the summer folks have gone home.

That hill is also lot of fun in an ice storm in the winter , and the state police close the road when it gets really bad, at least a few times every winter.