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 Christina, pic by Glen All good things must come to an end they say. This walk marks the fifth in a series of five I had intended to lead this summer. It certainly felt like one of these calm and balmy summer …
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 …