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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Story contributed by Glen; pics by Christina. Gloomy skies and insistent rain forecasts failed to deter 22 hardy souls from turning out at Monks Eleigh for the start of a Brett Valley stroll, including two ladies making their IOG walk debuts – welcome to Sofia …
Text contributed by Bob M.; pics by Francis. This walk was around 15.5 miles starting from the Ferry Boat Inn car park, Felixstowe Ferry, at 9.30 for 9.45 departure. From the Ferry Boat Inn the route followed the river, winding inland at Kingsleet, through farmland …
Pics and map contributed by Andy. Andy advertised this favourite walk of his as just over 12 miles of easy walking, in and overlooking the Stour Valley. The planned pace was about 4 km per hour. Walkers met at 9:45 am for 10 am start …
Text and pics contributed by Christina; map by Ian. On Saturday 21st, 6 of us got our bikes, helmets and cycle gear out and joined Ian on a social ride. It took us through Bucklesham, Foxhall and Newbourne, where we stopped at a delightful café …
Text and pics contributed by Christina. On Sunday 15th September, 9 of us made the 1 hour and 20 minutes trek to Burnham-on-Crouch to join Glen on a leg stretch of about 11 miles. It felt warm and the sun was shining, and it was …
Setting off from Ipswich at 9.30am and cycling to Shotley to catch the 11.00am ferry – loads of time to spare, I can hear you say. We thought so too! It wasn’t until we encountered a sign suggesting Ipswich was only 4.25 miles behind us …