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10th November 2019
Mt. Biking: Trimley Marshes Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: 17.89 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 11.16 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Sunday 10th November – Walk & Bike ***** Felixstowe Remembrance Service
and Trimley Marshes – sunny.
I haven’t been windsurfing since the 31st of October as it’s turned
cold with mostly light winds so Mag and I have been very busy decorating
the whole of the inside of our house, completing the best part of seven
rooms but with wall to wall sunshine today it was time for a day off. I
headed down the seafront to take pics of Felixstowe’s Remembrance Day
Service with the sea like a mill pool and crystal blue sky. As usual it was
a moving service with a mix of medalled veterans and youngsters and I
managed to get some interesting shoots:) Back home I sorted out my pics and
sent some to the local paper before setting off on our bikes to make the
most of the lovely weather. Mag had been sorting things in the house but
had made a sandwich as we headed to the Suffolk Wildlife reserve at Trimley
Marshes avoiding the busy prom. It’s a bit of a trek and the reserve lane
past Felixstowe docks is very bumpy and it has just been done too! I went
up on the river wall and the Orwell was very low and still with a few boats
moving, very pretty indeed. We headed to the last bird hide overlooking the
winter flood which was full of water. Not a huge variety of birds, mainly
ducks, shovellers, teal, pintails, widgeon, shell, pochards, geese, herons,
cormorant’s, a solitary curlew and gulls. The best bit being when a
couple of Marsh Harriers did a fly past which put all the birds in a frenzy
but they soon calmed down as the birds of prey disappeared! Having finished
our sandwich, we continued along the river path, past the three dead trees
to Levington Bay and I don’t think I have seen the river so low! It was
then a case of following the tree lined paths back to Trimley seeing again
a large herd of deer in the middle of a field. Mag struggled a little in
the muddy conditions and it might be time for an electric mountain bike! At
Cordys Lane we took the main road back home being out 2 hours 40 minutes
covering over 11 sunny miles. It is forecast breezy for a couple of days
but chilly so I hope to get out windsurfing at Levington or perhaps Point
Clear on Tuesday?
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