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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It’s nearly time for the IOG’s monthly social meeting (second Monday of every month), held upstairs at the Thomas Wolsey pub in St Peter’s St, Ipswich at 8 pm. This is an opportunity to catch up, get to know people, hear about what’s going on …
Words contributed by LouPhotos by Lou and Christina With a less than ideal weather forecast, ten hardy IOGers met at Cockfield village hall for Glen’s walk of “about 14 miles”. Subsequent research has found that “There is no village of Cockfield but a number of …
Text and pics contributed by Christina On a sunny Saturday morning, 11 IOG’ers met Glen at the Ipswich Railway Station to board the 09:58 train to Ely and its cathedral. Our train trip was part of the fun. We had a relaxing journey through scenic …
Text and pic contributed by Christina The week was spent by most of the group at Wharfedale Lodge, Kilnsey. Almost opposite sits Kilnsey Crag and at one point I observed several people with full climbing gear attempting to climb it, not quite my cup of …
Text contributed by Julia C. Thrice as nice! On Friday evening a merry bunch of IOG walkers, led by the wonderful Christina, re-acquainted or visited for the first time three beautiful parks in Ipswich: Holywells, Landseer and Orwell Country Park. After introducing ourselves we set …
Text and pics contributed by Simon Finally, a lovely summer day, and Paul led a great walk from Manningtree train station along a route of eleven-ish miles through the Stour Valley towards Dedham and Stratford-St-Mary – one that featured many horses, cows and sheep (more …