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14th May 2017 Hiking - Walking: Martlesham to Gt. Bealings Church Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny periods Max Speed: Distance Covered: 5.14 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Sunday 14th May – Walk ***** Martlesham to Gt. Bealings Church – sunny periods. Checked the wind early on laptop as it was supposed to be breezy first thing but it was not and then it started raining so stayed in bed! Then after breakfast I had a drive to The Dip but no good, I couldn’t waste any more time waiting for the wind to blow so I packed a sandwich and with the sun coming out we drove over to Martlesham Red Lion to walk along the tiny River Finn. Set off at 11.50 and soon found the footpath past the small cottages to the River Finn. The last time we were there you could get close to the water to see loads of woven barriers recently placed in the river to make habitat for fish but sadly the river was overgrown with nettles so we got only odd glimpses of the water! We passed under the railway bridge, then up to the tunnel under the busy and noisy A14 before turning left along the river. You can’t believe you are so close to Woodbridge and Ipswich as you walk through beautiful Suffolk countryside which is surprisingly hilly with meadows of wild flowers plus crops of barley, potatoes and wheat. We were not sure where we were going but spoke to a nice young family kingfisher spotting by the river who pointed out a circular route. The path continued through the crops to a lane where we spotted a church in the distance. We followed the quiet lane finally reaching the rather impressive Gt Bealings Church. There was a nice picnic bench there but it was surrounded by bees so soon found a wooden seat a little way on for our delicious edam and marmite sandwich, the sun was now fully out and the sweatshirt had to come off. Refreshed we retraced our steps back to the village, finding an old style red phone box which had been turned into the village library, what a great idea but I can’t see that working in Felixstowe as some oaf would vandalise it:( We spoke to a nice man in the old Post Office Cottage who was an expert on local history before finding the footpath again. When we got back to the A12 tunnel instead of going the safer way under the railway we followed to footpath signs which for some strange reason take you to some steeps where you have to cross the railway lines! It was then a mile back to the van past the river where Mag thinks she spotted a kingfisher whizzing past. It appeared that the wind had picked up so on returning to Felixstowe I checked the sea but although it might have been just windy enough to sail it was well offshore so fingers crossed that the forecast southerly arrive tomorrow but we are used to disappointment here in Felixstowe so I am not holding my breath! Photo Gallery Here |
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