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
Words and pics contributed by Paul Dickerson. Twenty-five IOG members were intrepid enough to head north of the border to Scotland and then take a short ferry ride to the Isle of Arran. With a coastline of 57 miles, some serious mountains, rolling hills, moorland, …
Wainright’s coast to coast walk (devised by renown fellwalker Alfred Wainwright) follows a long distance footpath that crosses northern England from the Irish to the North Seas, passing through three national parks in the course of its 192 miles: the Lake District and the Yorkshire …
Pics and text contributed by new member, Jenny Davidson; additional pics by Pete. We’re sitting in our garden on a warm August evening, talking to Peter on the phone. His welcome to our enquiries about joining the group’s coming Saturday geocaching adventure is as kindly …
“IT’S ALL FRANK’S FAULT” Pics and text contributed by Anne Rawcliffe It was Frank’s fault for suggesting an IOG meet-up at the Briarbank Beer Festival. It was Frank’s fault that he delegated the organisation to Lou. It was Frank’s fault that it was a warm, …
Text contributed by M-L; pics by M-L and Carolyn On Sunday a group of wine enthusiasts joined Carolyn for a wine tasting at Deham Vale Vineyard on the edge of the AONB in East Sussex. It was a lovely sunny day in a beautiful location …
Pictures contributed by Alan & Pete This was organised by Rachael as an introduction to geocaching: a six-mile linear walk from Pin Mill to Shotley Gate following the “We didn’t mean to go to sea” series of geocaches. These are based on the book of …