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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Sunset photos contributed by Justin, other photos and text by Lou. It was exceptionally hot during the day, so I decided at the last minute to do a sunset walk. Despite the short notice, we managed a group of 11 in total. We set off …
Text and photos by Patrick Meehan In a different epoch – perhaps as a member of an indigenous tribe on the Great Plains of North America – he might have been called Chingatsaway, which might have meant He Who Chases the Sun. In this current …
Contributed by Sally L. Ten of us met for my second walk around Kesgrave and what different weather we had compared to last week! It was a lovely sunny day as we strolled along Longstrops towards Foxhall Stadium. We then crossed Foxhall Road and took …
Text and pics contributed by Sally L. Despite the rain ten other walkers and a dog joined me on my first walk around Kesgrave and Martlesham, which was about five and a half miles in length. We began by walking past the gravel pit and …
Text and photos contributed by Patrick Meehan. It wasn’t quite Walden Pond. However, the peace and tranquillity in evidence as we ambled along the banks of the River Blackwater beneath the warming, late-Sunday morning sun, would have eased the wrinkles on many a furrowed brow. …
Text and photos contributed by Patrick Meehan. The French philosopher Montaigne famously said his life had been filled with terrible misfortunes – most of which never happened. And so it was on the morning of Sunday 25th July 2021, as Glen Richards led out a …