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 contributed by Christina, pics by Titus and Stela The heatwave was expected to continue into the following week and Saturday and Sunday were forecast hot and dry so Clare and Paul made a spontaneous decision to seize the moment and cordially invite IOG members …
Text contributed by Christina, pictures by Titus It felt like a perfect summer evening for a stroll. Twenty-two IOGers and Anneliese’s little dog Newbie joined me at the Old Ipswich Rd in Claydon. We soon climbed up a hill past an old quarry, then it …
Text contributed by Christina, pictures by Stela 0n 15th July at 6.45pm, a group of IOGers assembled in Marbled White Drive for a variation of a Pinewood amble of just under six miles we did back in May. It marked the fourth walk in a …
Report and Photos – Lou I usually go out for a walk each week, and decided to open up the invite to the IOG to see how popular they would be. Attendance has been good, with a maximum of eight, including at least one non-member …
Text and pics contributed by Claire V. We had a fantastic walk from Needham Market to Stowmarket on Saturday 2nd July. Greater Anglia had decided to hold yet another train strike (the only train operator in the entire country that day to do this) but …
Text contributed by Steve P., pics by Joyce C. A group of seven set off on Glen’s Canvey walk on Saturday 11th June, following a very well way-marked National Coast Path Trail around the island. The first few miles we consisted of paths atop surprisingly …