Here you will find stories and descriptions of many past events put on by the IOG: from concerts and trampolining to trips across Britain and further afield, with a solid foundation of reports of walks undertaken – usually with route maps and pictures.
All official fixtures were cancelled during the restrictions required by the Covid Pandemic in 2020-21 but small groups of friends kept up the traditions, meeting safely when they could to get out in the glorious Suffolk countryside – reports on those adventures are in the category labelled ‘Living with Covid-19’.
In June 2021 our official programme started again and we have returned to the normal format, along with the added section ‘Walks with GPX’ where you will find links to the routes of some of the outings – a valuable archive we will continue to extend.
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Text contributed by Christina, pic by Sally. On Saturday 5th November, around sixteen IOGers assembled at the tennis courts on Woodbridge’s Kingston Field to join Sally on a relaxing stroll of around four miles. We had a good mix of “Old Hands” and people who …
Text contributed by Ian S., pics by Christina, captions by Glen. Sixteen of us set off on Glen’s Yards, a circular walk of about 5.5 miles from Lavenham via Brent Eleigh in the pouring rain. We were very soon fifteen as Geraldine Grundy decided to …
Report and pictures from Simon. “Those brown animals, are they cows or horses…?” We had a mixed group on our walk, some of whom had obviously spent less time in the great outdoors than others. The plan was simple. Walk from Ipswich along the Fynn …
Text contributed by Christina Glen could not have chosen a better day for his walk: the sun beamed from a clear blue sky, and it felt warm for this time of year. 26 people came along. We had a good mix of existing members and …
Text contributed by Pete E., pictures by various Here we go again … I am somewhat of a veteran of the Suffolk Whole Hog event – an annual muddy obstacle course that takes place in Wantisden, out near Rendlesham Forest in the wilds of the …
Text contributed by Christina, pics by Titus and Stela The heatwave was expected to continue into the following week and Saturday and Sunday were forecast hot and dry so Clare and Paul made a spontaneous decision to seize the moment and cordially invite IOG members …