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19th November 2017
Mt. Biking: Around Felixstowe Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: 8 miles+ (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Sunday 19th November – bike **** Around Felixstowe – sunny
Again, woke to wall to wall sunshine so after a relaxing morning reading we
packed a sandwich and flask heading out on our bikes for the second time in
three days:) With Mag not a 100% we didn’t want to go too far and as it
was Sunday we decided to avoid the busy prom so took the road to the pretty
woods of the Grove. Coming out on Gulpher Road we turned right to see if we
could make it to the River Orwell down Marsh Lane but there is a closed
farm gate with a ‘Private no footpath’ sign:( So we backtrack a little
to a ‘Restricted By-way’ and see where that leads us? It was lovely
farm track past cows and Autumn colours with recently set farmland all
around:) We ended up on the opposite bank of Kings Fleet to our usual visit
and it was full of swans – some flying across the fields too which was a
great sight :) We then had to find our way around a large dyke spotting a
Hobby and a Reed warbler before coming out on the Deben river path. We sat
by the sluice for our picnic with Egrets and Red Shanks feeding in the
marshes and were treated to a quick glimpse of a King Fisher:) It was
fairly mild sitting here with the highlight being a whole bag of Lidl
chocolate raisins for dessert :) With the tide now dropping the waders were
returning to the river mud to feed. The sun was disappearing behind some
amazing clouds so it was time to head home. Back at Felixstowe Ferry we
decided to take the beach route even though it was busy with walkers. We
were out well over two hours covering, at a guess, another eight miles -
top afternoon:)
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