August

Saturday 2nd August, 2008. WALK 7miles, A NORFOLK DAY OUT Ipswich - Sheringham - Holt - Kelling CLOSING DATE FOR TICKET PURCHASE 19th JULY Meet 8.30am outside Ipswich railway station. Departing on the 8.42am train to Norwich. A full travel itinerary for the day can be found on pages 13/14 of this brochure. There will plenty of opportunities to enjoy the beautiful and unspoilt scenery in this most picturesque part of Norfolk with guided walks through woodland and heath at Kelling and along the North Norfolk coastal path. If you like steam trains. then you will not be disappointed. the package includes a steam-hauled journey on the historic North Norfolk Railway. There is also a chance to visit the William Marriott Museum at Holt Station, enjoy light lunch/teas in a "real' tea shop. We finally have an evening meal at "The Lobster' in Sheringham before returning home at 7.30pm. POST EVENT REVIEW This was a hugely memorable day out. From every point of view a group of 22 persons enjoyed a mixture of good food, picturesque walking, nostalgic steam train rides on the NNR and a paddle (swim for a few) in the cooling Sheringham coastal waters. Thank you to everyone concerned for helping to make this a success. we shall definitely use National Express Rail again for this journey. Do watch out for a pictorial review in the Archives section of this web site. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE FULL ITINERARY

Thursday 7th August, 2008. Start 7pm Distance 3 miles, Pin Mill EVENING WALK Meet 6.40pm to pre-order food at 'The Butt & Oyster'. P.H, Pin Mill. Parking at the pub is very limited - please park in the P & D car park near the pub or at the Chelmondiston village car park, which is situated near 'The Red Lion' P.H. Walk includes excellent views of the River Orwell and National Trust woodland. Returning to the pub for food/refreshments 8.30pm. This is "GO's" final summer evening walk for 2008. Pub Post Code is:- IP9 1JW. POST EVENT REVIEW The season of GO Summer Evening walks has once again come to a conclusion. I am sure those that did not attend for fear of a drenching would hardly imagined that barely a drop of rain fell during the course of this walk. Torrential rain was reported close by and the sound of thunder was never far away which added to the atmosphere. This walk, often chosen as an evening walk finale, never fails to impress with glorious scenes across the River Orwell. A new season of evening walks begins in May 2009.

Saturday 9th August, 2008.Start 10.30am, Distance 4.5 miles NEWBOURNE - HEMLEY (via Waldringfield) Meet & park 10.10am to pre-order food at "The Fox Inn". Newbourne. If you are a non-diner, please park at Newbourne Spnngs Nature Reserve car park close to the pub. Route takes in excellent views across the Deben and passing through picturesque meadowland. Returning to the pub to enjoy lunch at approx.12.30pm. Pub Post Code is:- IP12 4NY. Waldringfield Beach pictured left at high tide on Wednesday, 6th August 2008. POST EVENT REVIEW A fine, sunny but breezy morning provided ideal conditions for this varied, picturesque walk. Time permitted an unscheduled stop at The Maybush, Waldringfield - two pubs in 4.5miles!! Excellent food and fine real ale at The Fox, Newbourne. Many thanks to walkers and staff at the pub.

Saturday 23rd August, 2008 WALK Distance 5 miles, FLOWER FESTIVAL WALK Crowfield - Stonham Aspal Meet 10.10am at Crowfield Church (G.R.143582). Parking in layby near the church. A walk not featured by "GO since 2005. The walk route offers open countryside with some woodland sections. This year we shall start and finish from this pretty little church, enjoying hot or cold food along with the beautiful floral displays upon our return at approximately 12.30pm. Church Post Code is:- IP6 9TG POST EVENT REVIEW A beautiful day for walking in the countryside. Pleasantly warm, dry and sunny. Our food hosts were the hard-working "staff" at Crowfield Church. An endless supply of bacon baps, soup and an incredible variety of tasty cakes with lashings of hot tea and coffee. Many thanks to all you kind, hard-working people of Crowfield for helping to make our day so enjoyable. On the floral front, there were many plants for sale and the floral displays in the church were very imaginative and stunningly beautiful. Congratulations to all the talented Crowfield folk and your very late night on Friday, 2pm I believe, was definitely not in vain. GO Walkers will return next year. Thanks again. WATCH OUT FOR A PICTORIAL REVIEW ON THE EVENTS PAGE OF THIS WEB SITE.

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