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 pics contributed by M-L A grey and lowering morning saw twelve walkers gather outside Sally’s house in Martlesham for a short, sociable stroll of under five miles – a good way to kick off the weekend. Sally’s route cleverly avoided residential pockets where …
Five of us joined Peter Thorpe on his ‘rubbish walk’ on a Saturday in late November. Peter had prepared his event well. We were suitably equipped with litter picking tools, gloves and strong waste collection bags, and people wore high vis jackets and firm footwear. …
Text contributed by Sally, pics by Claire V. Thirteen of us turned up for a short walk of about four miles in the Fynn Valley. It was nice to see several new faces as well as some long term members. Starting from the pond on …
Text and photos by Patrick Meehan It was a walk of two parts really. At the weather-delayed 12pm start-point on Station Road, a 27mph southern blusterly moaned and groaned beneath dark, rain-sodden skies as it strummed the overhead power lines with a wild, Wagnerian fury. …
Text and pics contributed by Peter A group of five hardy IOG members rolled up to take on the extended Boss Hog event at Wantisden Hall near Rendlesham Forest on an early October Sunday – a seven-mile muddy race with 40+ obstacles to make our …
Text and pics contributed by Christina. We were meant to meet Peter at 2pm at Stoke Bridge and walk along the River Walk path, picking up litter on our way. A nice idea, I thought, to spend a couple of hours doing my bit to …