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 IOG cockerpoo; pictures by Robin; route by Lou. Peter led an excellent walk on a sunny day from near the Barley Mow public house in Witnesham. I was very excited as I inspected the walkers and made sure they were …
Text and Pictures contributed by Simon. Glen’s Stowmarket Surroundings walk took place on 21st January 2024. Our 9.5-mile route took us over muddy fields, along woodland boardwalks and through newly built housing estates. A 130-year-old bath tub on the site of the Stow Lodge workhouse …
Text contributed by Peter, pictures by Lou The Wednesday walks are attended by an eclectic group and allow fellow walkers to enjoy the pleasure of shorter – up to 6 mile – walks, breaking up the mundane routine of the week with routes close to …
Text contributed by Glen, pictures by Sam Generally dry and sandy underfoot conditions and ideal walking weather tempted nineteen IOGers, one dog and two prospective new members out to east Suffolk on 14th January 2024. From Hollesley’s village hall, we looped around the eastern and …
Text and pictures contributed by Christina The first ever Parkrun was held in Bushy Park, Teddington, UK, when 13 runners got together on a blustery day on 2nd October 2004. There is now an international family of over nine million parkrunners. Within the IOG, there …
Text contributed by Anneliese, pictures by Simon Unusually, the report of Lou’s Shrubland Park walk actually starts the day before when the River Gipping burst its banks and the footpath Lou planned on following disappeared under water. The red line in the photo shows where …