This is where you can read articles by members about recent events or anything else related to the IOG. At the moment, content is labelled with three categories: “Previous Events”, “Living with Covid-19” and “Walks with GPX”.
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Text contributed by Bess the cockapoo (the IOG’s rov(er)ing reporter); pics by Patrick and Ian. I led my first IOG walk from Helmingham Hall estate on Wednesday 15th May. I wore a yellow coat so I wouldn’t be confused with the other two dogs, who …
Text contributed by Peter; pics by Simon and Christina. With the introduction of the well-supported Friday evening ambles to ease all of us into the weekend, this was the third consecutive day’s walk in a packed IOG programme. The day’s fun started with some of …
Text and pics contributed by Simon. On a day when much of Ipswich was ringing to chants of “Come on you Blues”, our Saturday walk was occasionally punctuated with “Come on you Bluebells”. It was time for Sarah’s annual bluebell walk, a few weeks later …
Pics contributed by Ian, Simon, Jo, Lou and Helen Another random selection of pictures from IOG events.
Text contributed by Pete; pics by Christina. On a Tuesday evening at the end of April, myself and a number of other IOG members attended an interesting and entertaining evening of cycle maintenance advice from Steve at Elmy cycles on the edge of Ipswich town …
Text contributed by Kate; pics by Simon and Lou. The Kinder Egg walk on Friday 26th April came about because I’d never walked the “back” (northern) edge of Kinder Scout and this seemed like a fun (albeit slightly bonkers) way to do it. Luckily, some …