March

Saturday 7th March 2009, SNAPE - FRISTON, Start 10.30am, Distance 5.5miles. Meet at 10.10am to pre-order food at "The Plough & Sail", Snape. Please avoid parking at the front of the pub. A pretty route which includes sections of woodland and open countryside from a world famous centre for art and music. returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 1pm. Pub post code IP17 1SR. PLEASE BOOK EARLY FOR THIS WALK POST EVENT REVIEW - Just a small group of 15 today enjoyed this picturesque walk but again the weather was on our side. Some beautiful scenes at Snape by the River Alde. Thank you Cameron for keeping your finger on the pulse for our group booking at The Plough and Sail. A busy lunchtime but all seem to work out well in the end. The food and drink were very good.

Saturday 14th March 2009, LEVINGTON - NACTON, Start 10.00am, Distance 4 or 4.5miles* Meet 9.40am at "The Ship Inn", Levington, parking as much as possible in the lower car park. There will be no need to pre-order food at this pub. One of "GO's" most beautiful routes, passing through Nacton Meadows and later through woodland by the popular and well known Orwell beauty spot at Nacton Shore. Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 11.45pm. Pub post code IP10 0LQ. *walk mileage and route will be subject to ground conditions. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BOOK EARLY FOR THIS WALK POST EVENT REVIEW - The Water Meadows at Nacton lived up to there name, so the slightly shorter 4mile version of this route was used to avoid too much mud. A most enjoyable day, not quite as sunny as previous Saturdays but mild for the time of the year and importantly, dry throughout bar a couple of spots of rain. Many thanks to Mark and staff at The Ship Inn for some delicious food and well kept ales.

Saturday 21st March 2009, EDWARDSTONE - BOXFORD, Start 10.30am, Distance 5miles. Meet 10.10am to pre-order food at "The White Horse", public house, Edwardstone. This pub, offering beer brewed on the premises is quite possibily the U.K's greenest pub! Walking through grazing meadows, woodlands and in open countryside. Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 12.45pm. Pub post code CO10 5PX. POST EVENT REVIEW - Wow! The weather was absolutely perfect for this first day of Spring. Sunny and warm with ground conditions dry. A big group enjoyed both walk and dinner at The White Horse. Food and ales were superb, thank you Gavin and Amy for all your hard work. We shall be back! Please remember if you book for walk and/or lunch on any GO walk, if you cannot attend please let Getting Out know. Unfortunately attending would-be diners were pointlessly turned away on the basis of four people booked for lunch who neither attended or informed of their non-attendance

Saturday 28th March 2009, UPPER LAYHAM - POLSTEAD HEATH, Start 10.30am, Distance 7miles. A SPECIAL WALK IN AID OF MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT A NEW ROUTE FOR GETTING OUT Another great opportunity to support this charity. All today's walk fees will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support. Please feel free to donate as appropriate. Diners should book as early as possible for this walk as dining spaces will be limited. Meet and park 10.10am to pre-order food at "The Marquis of Cornwallis Inn", Upper Layham. A superb undulating new route taking in open countryside, woodland, good views, green lanes, tracks and by-ways. Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 1.30pm. Pub post code IP7 5JZ. ONCE AGAIN IT IS HOPED TO RAISE BETWEEN £150 and £200 TODAY. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A LARGER DONATION THAN THE USUAL £4 WALK FEE, THIS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. POST EVENT REVIEW - A total of 33 walkers braved the elements today. Our weather was chilly, mostly overcast and windy with periods of light rain for a significant part of the walk but later there were a few sunny intervals too. A VERY BIG THANK YOU to everyone who contributed today and again thanks to Jerry & Jackie for their cards and cake sales which raised £51.00 on the day. The total raised for this walk currently stands at £291.00, bringing the grand total for two walks so far to £613.00 - well over half way to the target of £1000 by the end of 2009! There will be another opportunity to help Macmillan Cancer Support on Saturday, 23rd May. Click here for Macmillan web site

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