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19th January 2019 Hiking - Walking: Hemley circuit Wind Direction: SE Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny and cold Max Speed: Distance Covered: 3 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Saturday 19th January - walk **** – Hemley circuit – sunny and cold. There was some talk this morning from local kitesurfers and windsurfers about going out at The dip/Golf Beach at one to make the most of the sunshine with a nice SE, good for Felixstowe but with the temperature struggling to make 4 degrees it was too cold for me. It’s alright for the kiters as they mainly sail in a small section of flat water in the River Deben which is too shallow for windsurfers who have to brave the open sea. Mag suggested we go for a walk from Hemley Church down to the Deben. So after a nice morning at home we set off for Hemley with a can of soup to have after the walk. Parking up at the lovely Hemley Church at just past one in wall to wall sunshine I put my big 100-400 lens on and with Mag with binoculars we set off down to the river. It was a little muddy under foot but it was OK, a mountain bike had already been as we could see fresh tracks and we passed a sweaty runner ( give it up as you never see a happy jogger !!! ) On reaching the marshes we turned left and followed the path 800 metres to the spot where it ended, it used to go right through to Waldringfield but it has been eroded. With the tide low we were hoping to see loads of birds but it was a little disappointing and what waders we saw flew off as we approached:( but there were curlews, knots and lapwings and a Reed Bunting landed nearby. We followed deer tracks which had walked to the end too, we have seen seals here but not today as there was no water. Returning to the path we do a couple of detours to the Rivers edge but very few birds there. The small wooden footbridge had been washed away during recent high tides so we had to jump across a small dyke with the help of a log. Back on the sea wall we approached Kirton Creek and saw a solitary Egret but loads of Widgeon and teal waiting for the water to return. It was then back to the van via a nice footpath with a proper hedgerow one side and views over grasslands with reeds and large dykes, sadly no hares or Marsh Harriers today:( Back at the van Mag soon had the vegetable soup heated and we had a relaxing hour reading before heading home. We were out for nearly two hours covering 3 miles in the pretty Suffolk countryside and being well wrapped up were not cold at all:) Photo Gallery Here |
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