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.
Feel free to offer articles and pictures for publication. Please send your entries to newsletter@ipswichoutdoor.org
Pics contributed by Sarah; words and map, Alan The first part of this beautiful walk heads north along Dunwich beach. We were greeted at the start by a seal. Unfortunately no-one had any IOG membership forms so we were unable to sign him or her …
Doggerel contributed by Lou; pics ljleisure.co.uk and Lou Anne announced in advance that Saturday’s walk was ‘shamelessly based on my other half Lou’s walk that took place on 16th September’ – to comprise a linear trek from Thurston to Bury St Edmunds, but only 5 miles (approx) …
Words and pics contributed by Rachael. Only four of us from the IOG were keen to do the Rodings Rally night-time orienteering event in Epping Forest this year. Perhaps the reports of the cold, wind and rain from last year’s Storm Angus had put other …
Words, map and pics contributed by Sarah; one group pic contributed by Nick. Fifteen people and two dogs joined me on this lovely bright autumn day, starting off from Snape Maltings. We began by following the Suffolk Coast Path, which at this point is quite …
Words contributed by Glen; map by Christina; pics by M-L, Stela and Christina Twenty one today! That was the human total for the second instalment of Glen’s Saxmundham area autumn strolls (supplemented by one canine). Typical autumn conditions were duly encountered too, as morning blue …
Words and pics contributed by Phil Sixteen people and a delightful dog named Taschi joined me on this walk through and between some of the villages lying close to the increasingly developed north-eastern fringe of Ipswich. The route would in fact be more accurately described …