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29th November 2019
Hiking - Walking: Martlesham Creek Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: 2.70 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Friday 29th November – walk **** - Martlesham Creek – sunny.
After a full-on month of decorating all but one room of our house and
fantastic it looks too! Mag and I have nearly completed the project wit
only a few finishing touches left we have some free time on our hands so it
was nice to make the most of the sunshine. So, after having our new cooker
wired in and having some things to take back to a builders merchant we
first headed to Mags favourite place, B&M then the chaos that is Martlesham
retail park before parking up just past the Martlesham Red Lion pub for a
walk along the Creek. Mag dresses for the mud with her wellies, I cant
remember so much rain failing in Suffolk, in fact the weather has been
pretty depressing of let being wet and a lot colder than this time last
year putting the skids on my windsurfing as the cold plays havoc with my
finger joints, getting old is a wonderful thing and I think that once
Christmas is out of the way we will search out some sunshine, I feel the
need to foil in the warm and of course get some skiing in our favourite
mountains! Leaving the van, the path enters some woodland full of Autumn
colours before coming out at the end of Martlesham Creek and I don’t
think we have ever seen the water so high! The houseboats are surrounded by
swan plus an Egret with busy Little Grebes feeding. We followed the sea
wall path towards Kyson Point with Reed Buntings flitting about and even a
robin watching us pass. As we near the boat house at Kyson we have to stop
as the high tide is over the path, Mag could get through in her wellies I
can’t make it so we turn back. I then spot a fox sitting in the middle of
a field, a passing train spooks him and he runs off showing off his
magnificent tail :) With the sun now dropping behind the trees the
temperature drops as we reach the creek end again. We continue up the slope
to Church Lane and return to the van along the road spotting a Muntjac deer
on the way! It was a lovely quiet walk of nearly three miles enjoying the
best Suffolk has to offer and only seeing one lady on a mountain bike. It
was then back to Felixstowe on the country lanes, then quickly going to the
dock viewing point to watch the sunshine before visiting an old friend
before picking up a bargain metal bed the same as our one for our spare
bedroom, so a successful day all round:)
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