Upton is a nice area, We have friends that live in Douglas and they love it (I think its nearby?) TONS of trails and quiet but still close to major rts. When we bought our house we had to go for "cheap with land" lol.
I hate leaving our house vacant overnight too. Tom works for Bose and he does alot of traveling, so at least 4 times a year I'm alone for a couple weeks. I don't venture far, plus I have two dogs, the cat and the horses to deal with
I didn't know that there was a dover store in wellesly... hm. I worked for Dover in Littleton for a year (and hated it!) and I knew they had a store in NH... I didn't know about the one in MA though.
Do you know Dover Saddlery owns Smith Brothers? Thought that was interesting... when I was checking orders it would be for both catalogs.
LOL I can imagine a bunch of cow horses looking at a big friesian going what the * is that!!