An incredible trail

December 2025

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December 2025

In this issue we celebrate the amazing achievement  that is the Old Ghost Road. The route was first surveyed in the 1880s, but construction was abandoned until 2007 when Marion Boatwright, who then owned Rough and Tumble Lodge, discovered the original survey map.  That sparked a dream to create a walking trail to connect the […]
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