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 Pete; pics by Christina and Glen. Starting at 11am on a rainy Sunday morning in March, an intrepid group of six IOG members set off for a stroll along the Alderman Canal path in Ipswich. This was to be a short walk …
Text contributed by Kate; pics by Simon. After the unfortunate cancellation of three mid-length walks on this weekend because of road closures, flooding and bad weather, Sarah and Simon stepped in to the breach to offer an 11-mile circular walk from Sutton Heath. Eleven people …
Text and pics contributed by Simon Fourteen people, one dog and (briefly) a herd of horses enjoyed our recent 12 mile walk from Orford. We started the day with 13 of us (and the dog) at the Orford Quay Car Park before heading along the …
Text contributed by Peter; pics by Ian. The return of Spring encouraged a lot of fellow ramblers to dust off their boots, pull out a crumpled rucksack and grab a hat with ‘character’: in a new record for the Wednesday walks, 18 people and 5 …
Text contributed by Katharine and Joanne; pic by Kate. Two IOG members were part of a group of 12 first aid training participants; the others were school teachers and members of a canoe club. The course comprised presentations on each type of casualty you could …
Text by Christina; pictures by Pete. Prior to choosing Alton Water reservoir as our location for this Parkrun, there was some debate about the level of mud and rain to be expected. Four IOGers braved the rather muddy and slippery conditions and joined the 25 …