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 new 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, post classified ads, cartoons, pictures 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; announcements about upcoming events or issues of note, whether IOG instigated or particularly related to IOG interests; and classifieds, where you can advertise items for sale, for rent, or wanted.
Please send your entries to newsletter@ipswichoutdoor.org
Text and pics contributed by Paul J. My group at work try to arrange some kind of social activity every now and then. There was only one idea which seemed possible with the restrictions in force just before Lockdown Two: some kind of walk. The …
Text and pics contributed by Joyce The weather was kind on Sunday, as 6 of us enjoyed a walk offered by Sarah and Simon. Somersham was a new area to me so I was particularly interested in the views, churches and countryside. The walk was …
Text contributed by Christina, pictures by Karen It truly felt like an Indian Summer day when 5 of us joined Glen on a pleasant Sunday stroll near Ardleigh Reservoir, an affluent and green area with picturesque cottages and grand country houses not too far from …
Read moreGlen’s Ardleigh Acquaintances – Sunday 20th September
Text and pics contributed by Christina Five and a dog went off on this walk, starting from Witham, Essex. We crossed a posh golf course – beware of flying golf balls – whilst enjoying a long stretch along the River Blackwater. At the outskirts of …
Text and pics contributed by Angela Thanks to Sarah for organising this 10-mile day walk around Stoke by Nayland and Polstead. The weather was kind to us as we explored this picturesque part of Suffolk near the Essex border. We weren’t alone as we passed …
Text and pictures submitted by Christina Five of us joined Glen on Sunday for a scenic and very rural walk of around 9 miles in the Bredfield and Boulge area, starting from Hasketon. We encountered some lovely churches, not to mention some very pretty cottages …
Read moreHasketon, Boulge and Bredfield walk – Saturday 15th August