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7th March 2024 Hiking - Walking: Woolverstone to Pin Mill Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Mainly cloudy Max Speed: Distance Covered: 4.25 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Thursday 7th March - walk **** β Woolverstone to Pin Mill β fairly cloudy. The day started foggy again so I got up early and had a ride around Felixstowe to take some pics to send to the weather but as I am out of favour at the moment I might have a few days off! I was surprised to see a big red ball in the sky as the sun made an appearance around 6.45 through the gloom. I headed to the pier and then out along Gulpher Road to get some foggy trees, then home to continue my lay-in and do Wordle:) I had hoped to go windsurfing today especially as it was supposed to be wall to wall sunshine with a good breeze from the east, the wind arrived but sadly the sun only came out in patches and as the cold still has not cleared and it was only around 8 degrees at most I decided to give it a miss today and not keen on ann open sea session this early inn March, shame really as itβs a good direction for The Dip and east is not the best at Levington and I have parking issues there at the moment:) As we had something to do in Ipswich I decided to pack the usual picnic and we actually drove over the Orwell Bridge parking up on the road down to Woolverstone marina for a walk to Pin Mill. This is a top walk and is recommended and as usual with a lot of footpaths here in Suffolk it was very muddy in places! You walk past the lovely church and right in front of the impresive Ipswich School with tis daff and sheep then down past a small lake and farmland which leads down to the banks of the River Orwell opposite Nacton. Arriving at Pinn Mill, a quant hamlet famous for its pub, houseboats and old barges, the tide was really low and I had a long walk out on the wooden jetty before we enjoyed our picnic on new benches on the small green with a small stream running right by our feet, just lovely! Thenn after lunch we continued past the busy pub the the Nationnal Trust platation, a small wooded area and onto the boat graveyard, a well known spot for local photographers with a group of wrecks in the mud, which I did my best to get stuck in! We then started back turning right and following the Orwell which leads to Woolverstone Marina with the Orwell Bridge as a backdrop and the path was particularly muddy along there. The Coastguard were training and we noticed that the marina sold calor gas which we have had trouble getting of late so returned to the vann to drive back and get a refill:) Then home via Levinngton Marina to check the parking situation and also had a look at The Dip which looked very nnice for a sail, probably just needs to be a few degrees warmer! Home for a cuppa and it was nice to find Meava there with her mum, she was very pleased to see us β what a top day again, Suffolk is wonderful:) Photo Album here |
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