Harlan Sturm of Belchertown passes by a pair of fruit trees framing a view to the former town of Prescott at the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown on Monday. Sturm usually takes a 4-mile walk near the site’s visitors center but cut that short when he realized he wasn’t dressed for the unexpectedly brisk weather with a stiff wind and temperatures in the 20s. Prescott and three other towns were taken and flooded in the 1930s to create the reservoir for Boston’s drinking water.
Harlan Sturm of Belchertown passes by a pair of fruit trees framing a view to the former town of Prescott at the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown on Monday. Sturm usually takes a 4-mile walk near the site’s visitors center but cut that short when he realized he wasn’t dressed for the unexpectedly brisk weather with a stiff wind and temperatures in the 20s. Prescott and three other towns were taken and flooded in the 1930s to create the reservoir for Boston’s drinking water. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

BELCHERTOWN – Harlan Sturm of Belchertown got partway through his regular four-mile walk at the Quabbin Reservoir Visitors Center on Monday when he realized he wasn’t quite dressed for the unexpectedly brisk weather – a stiff wind and temperatures in the 20s – and decided to cut it short.

Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com.