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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Pics contributed by Christina inter alia; text by J. Bradbury. An assemblage of 14 IOGers completed the punishing trek across the hills and prairies of Suffolk from Framlingham to Ufford in blazing sunshine. The distance was verified by technology as 21 miles which is much …
Day minus #1 & #2 Text contributed by Simon Friday – Castles, curry and Donald Trump Scotland is far, far away from Ipswich. We were going to Torridon in the north-west Highlands, described by Bob as ’50 miles past the arse-end of nowhere’. Many of …
Words contributed by Christina; pics by Stela. The idea originated three years ago. After an evening stroll in the Claydon area we settled inside the Crown in Claydon for a social drink. Here, Marie, then a new member, spoke very enthusiastically about her work at …
Story contributed by Glen, pics by Christina and Marie. Cheerfully undeterred by a capricious weather forecast (and duly rewarded with only very short-lived rainspot outbreaks), fourteen of us ventured over the southern Suffolk boundary into north-east Essex for an easy-paced meander starting from Alresford Station. …
Pics and text contributed by Paula The weather seemed unusually dull as I drove closer to Felixstowe, but I needn’t have worried; no rain clouds appeared…just people, and the weather cheered up too! Eight of us gathered outside the tourist information beach hut awaiting our …
Pics contributed by Christina; text by Julie C. A very pleasant time was had by all on Christina’s recent evening stroll around Needham Market which saw us walk through a variety of landscapes from woodland, to river, to fields. What was most striking was just …