There must be a way to avoid the annoyance. You can’t see but you sure can feel the web as it brushes across your face. A walking stick swung in an arc while proceeding between trees on the narrow parts? I was on a 5 mile loop but wondering how hikers on a longer hike fare. Perhaps they just tough it out. I think I’d end of talking to myself by the end of the day. I kept thinking that every encounter was a score for some little devious spider tick critter.The New Hope Trail is well marked and mapped by the Division of Parks and Recreation but I had Trails software [opens iTunes] on my GPS device to try, and despite tree canopy interference it worked well.

There was another creature that I came across. After we sized each other up I decided to politely acquiesce.