SATURDAY MORNING was a bit cool, so I put on my long-sleeved "Support the Topsfield Rail Trail" shirt.
I was surprised then to see Sarah Schweitzer's article that day about some Sudbury residents being concerned about a bike trail.
Topsfield is also considering a rail trail, and preliminary approval for planning was given at our town meeting in May. Trail opponent Marianne Maurer's message to bicyclists - "My whole theory is: Go to the gym that you got the membership for and that you are not using" - seems completely incongruous. Does that mean that we are supposed to drive our cars to the gym in these days of nearly $5-a-gallon gasoline?
As a 73-year-old, I may not be a bicycle racer, but I definitely find that riding a bike on a safe trail is preferable to riding on a highway with cars.
DOROTHY WASS, Topsfield
