MARCH 2020 UPDATE: A “Living with COVID-19” category has been added to the newsletter. All posts to this new category, which will also be linked from the group’s public Facebook page, are NOT from official IOG activities, and should be viewed as reports from our friends within the group making the most of their own private walks, abiding by the relevant coronavirus guidance. They are intended as a diversion for readers, whilst the IOG’s outdoor activities remain suspended.
This is the venue where members and potential members of the Ipswich Outdoor Group can read about recent events, share news that is relevant to group interests but not appropriate for group emails, write about group initiatives – anything from charity fund-raising to activism aimed at keeping our footpaths open – present opinion editorials on issues close to their hearts or anything else that occurs. Unlike the old Newsletter, it will be updated as and when new material comes to hand and, as this is a work in progress, it will be formatted as we go along and get an idea of what is required. Feel free to offer suggestions if any occur to you.
For the moment, content is divided into three categories: reports of past doings; a section on “Living with Covid-19” which covered unofficial activities during and around the pandemic lockdowns; and “Walks with GPX”.
Please send your entries to newsletter@ipswichoutdoor.org
Text and photos contributed by Patrick Meehan. The French philosopher Montaigne famously said his life had been filled with terrible misfortunes – most of which never happened. And so it was on the morning of Sunday 25th July 2021, as Glen Richards led out a …
On a warm, overcast Saturday morning, IOG members met at the recreation ground in School Street, Stoke-by-Nayland for a 10.5 mile countryside adventure, led by Sarah and Simon who had walked the route last summer. The beginning of the walk took us past St Mary’s …
Text contributed by Christina B., pictures by Paul S. and Marie-Louise Barham Pits marks the second evening stroll in my series of four and it is one of my favourite short walks in Suffolk. This walk offers so much variety and always offers the chance …
We are back and operating official IOG walks again – see the programme for upcoming events! Text by Sarah, with pics contributed by Simon and Patrick Meehan. On a cloudy Sunday morning, IOG members met in Sudbury for an 11.5 mile walk through the Stour …
Two groups of six met up in Saxmundham carpark for what was (hopefully) the last of the ‘rule of six’ walks. We greeted each other and then, separated by about 15 minutes, walked an eight-mile route around the Saxmundham area. Rain had been predicted and …
Text and pics contributed by Anni M. It was a Sarah and Simon’s post-lockdown, rule of six, Little Wenham and Washbrook Walk from Pinewood in Ipswich. Eleven-and-half-miles to stretch the legs, and reintroduce the facial muscles to smiling and talking to real people rather than …