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3rd March 2025 Hiking - Walking: Staverton and Orford Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Foggy, frosty start then sunny with light winds Max Speed: Distance Covered: 5 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Monday 3rd March - walks ***** – Staverton an Orford – Foggy and frosty start then sunny with light winds. Walk 1 – Early frosty walk at Staverton Thicks :) With frost and fog forecast it was too good an opportunity to miss so not to head over to the ancient woods, Staverton Thicks near Butley. I packed a picnic last night, cover our van windscreen so we didn’t have to scrap the ice and we left Felixstowe before 6.30 with a thin layer of fog! When we reached Woodbridge the red sun was showing through the fog so if anything we were a little late. The last bit of the drive past Rendlesham was a nightmare as the low sun was right in our eyes! We parked up at the small muddy lay-by near the footpath sign leading to the woods and got my best foggy tree pics just leaving the van as there was no fog in the old wood but it was very frosty and still wonderful, the pigs had just been feed and were munching loudly and bitting at each other but no piglets yet! We we reached the best part of the wood where the old trees are more spaced out and look stunning! We continue down to the lake with its swan on the icy water! We reached the solar farm and meet a friendly, noisy herd of sheep with their backs covered in ice! We did a circuit around their field enjoying the cold clear blue sky and peace and quiet, just brilliant! We returned to the van having walked over two and a half miles in an hour! Walk 2 – Orford along the River Alde :) As it was so early we decided to drive over to Orford as it was only 4 miles away , after stopping to take some pics of the castle looking brilliant set against a deep blue sky we found a parking spot in the main street and set off for our second walk of the day reaching the Quay at nine and the River Alde looked amazing, like a mirror with Orford Island looking great tood with its old secret weapons research building standing out! Despite my heel really playing me up as was Mags neck and back, we are a couple of right crooks at the moment we set off along the River Alde path, stopping to take some pics of the boat wrecks, we were going to turn back at a style about ¾ of a mile but there was a cool path heading a little inland over a couple of wooden footbridges which we decided to do. We returned to the river path right in front of Havergate Island another nature reserve and headed back past a boat moored up which made for some nice pics as two swan swam past! It was a struggle now with me limping along, I am definitely getting fed-up of the heel now! Just before reaching the Quay we headed inland coming out in an old farm with some lovely old barns which have been turned into some brilliant but I suspect expensive houses! In fact there are some really lovely properties in Orford. We were pleased to reach the van, both knackered after walking 5 miles so far today! We were both hungry so parked up on the quay to have our picnic lunch, a tad early at just before 11! It was then the drive home to sort out a few pics to send to the TV weather and I was lucky enough to get one on ITV;s About Anglia, great to have Chris Page back after his holiday to South Africa! I even managed to do my exercises in the afternoon but it was hard work and I did doze off in the middle! Photo Album here |
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