September

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Saturday, 6th September 2008, CHELMONDISTON - ERWARTON, Start 10.30am, Distance 6miles Meet and park 10.10am at "The Red Lion", FREE HOUSE (formerly "The Venture") at Chelmondiston to pre-order food. The new owners of this Freehouse are now serving a range of guest ales from micro-breweries. Walk route follows by woodland, along peaceful tracks and grazing meadows, with a visit to Erwarton Church where the heart of Anne Boleyn is said to rest. There are also some excellent views of the River Stour.Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 1pm. Pub post code is IP9 1DX. POST EVENT REVIEW Mostly sunny and quite breezy but it did stay dry throughout the walk. Conditions were muddy in places owing to the heavy rain which fell on Friday. Most enjoyable walk with excellent views across the River Stour. Some very good food and excellent real ales at The Red Lion. This friendly Freehouse really feels like a village pub now. Many thanks to newcomers Sharon, Ian and staff for making our visit such an enjoyable one. We'll be back!

Saturday, 13th September 2008, MENDLESHAM - WETHERINGSETT, Start 10.00am, Distance 6.5miles Includes a visit to Mid Suffolk Light Railway celebrating a centenery This walk has been re-scheduled from Monday, 26th May 2008. Meet and park 9.40am to pre-order food at "The Fleece Inn", Mendlesham. This route features open countryside and green lanes with a visit to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway at Brockford. There will be an opportunity to look around the site, visit the museum, enjoy a talk about MSLR as well as watch one of the steam locos in action. Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 1.45pm. Pub post code is IP14 5RX. A COMBINED WALK FEE AND GROUP ENTRY CHARGE TO THE RAILWAY MUSEUM COSTS £9.00 PER PERSON AND SHOULD BE PAID IN ADVANCE TO GETTING OUT. PLEASE SEND YOUR CHEQUE (sorry no cash through the post) to GETTING OUT. PO BOX 133, IPSWICH, IP3 9NN by 6th September. SINCERE APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO HAD BOOKED FOR THIS WALK BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CONFIRMED BOOKINGS. POST EVENT REVIEW - Oh dear!!! A great day for walking but where were the walkers? An enormous shame that this walk had to be cancelled especially as it was the first time MSLR had planned to steam on a Saturday and...the weather was perfect.

Saturday, 20th September 2008, BROMESWELL - UFFORD, Start 10.30am, Distance 6miles. Meet and park 10.10pm at "The Cherry Tree", public house, Bromeswell to pre-order food. This walk offers some pretty grazing meadows close by the River Deben with a visit to the historic and magnificent church at Ufford with its immense and decorative font cover. Returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 1.15pm. Pub post code is IP12 2PU. POST EVENT REVIEW - What a wonderful day! The weather could not have been better - warm, sunny and dry with a light wind. Although the food was good and the beer in excellent condition at this pub, the serving staff were not as organised as they could have been, resulting in some delays upon our return. Apart from this, well done to all

Saturday, 27th September 2008, GREAT GLEMHAM - SWEFFLING, Start 10.30am, Distance 6.5miles. Meet and park 10.10am to pre-order food at "The Crown Inn", Great Glemham. A route not featured by "GO" since April 2005. Walk passes through picturesque and open countryside near the River Alde with some quiet and peaceful meadows. returning to the pub for lunch at approximately 1.15pm. Pub post code is IP17 2DA. POST EVENT REVIEW - Another wonderful day of weather - cloudless skies, unbroken sunshine and pleasantly warm. Many favourable comments about this walk. A small group today enjoyed this varied mix of tracks, lanes and glorious meadows in perfect condition. Thank you as well to Dave and staff at The Crown for providing some excellent food, good beer and good service. We'll be back! Good news, there are sufficient confirmed bookings for this walk to proceed. Providing there are no cancellations this event will go ahead. Please keep in touch with this web page.

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