Here you will find stories and descriptions of many events put on by the IOG, from walks, runs and cycle rides (often with pictures and route maps), to socials, concerts and trampolining, to trips across the UK and further afield.
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Text contributed by Peter; pics by Simon and Christina. With the introduction of the well-supported Friday evening ambles to ease all of us into the weekend, this was the third consecutive day’s walk in a packed IOG programme. The day’s fun started with some of …
Text and pics contributed by Simon. On a day when much of Ipswich was ringing to chants of “Come on you Blues”, our Saturday walk was occasionally punctuated with “Come on you Bluebells”. It was time for Sarah’s annual bluebell walk, a few weeks later …
Pics contributed by Ian, Simon, Jo, Lou and Helen Another random selection of pictures from IOG events.
Text contributed by Pete; pics by Christina. On a Tuesday evening at the end of April, myself and a number of other IOG members attended an interesting and entertaining evening of cycle maintenance advice from Steve at Elmy cycles on the edge of Ipswich town …
Text contributed by Kate; pics by Simon and Lou. The Kinder Egg walk on Friday 26th April came about because I’d never walked the “back” (northern) edge of Kinder Scout and this seemed like a fun (albeit slightly bonkers) way to do it. Luckily, some …
Pics contributed by Bob, Sally, Helen, Debra, Simon, Lou, Sarah and Johnny. Twenty-four IOGers descended on Nether Ollerbrook farm cottages in Edale for the third year running. The infamous Kinder Egg walk took place on Friday 26th (there’ll be a separate post about that tomorrow) …