Cake Walk, July 2026
23 members joined the walk from Tuddenham Village Hall around Fynn Valley & Rushmere. This was followed by a picnic and lots of lovely cakes. Thanks to all who brought along a cake. Thanks also to Paul for finding shady points along the route.
Group Holiday, June 2026
Evesham proved a brilliant base for this year’s holiday, with easy access to some hilly walks with great views in the Cotswolds and the Vale of Evesham. Despite the unexpected heatwave there were walks every day, although routes were adapted and start times brought forward to make walking more comfortable. The views from the top of Bredon Hill stretched as far as Wales, the Malverns and Birmingham and the height provided a welcome cooling breeze, whilst the community pub in the village of Elmley Castle where we parked was the perfect venue for a very enjoyable group meal. Walking around Broadway and up to Broadway tower captured the essence of the Cotswolds with characteristic honey-coloured buildings and beautiful rolling landscape. From Bidford-on-Avon our walk followed the river then led steeply up through woodland before returning across an undulating landscape of mixed agriculture and pretty villages. The final walk in and around Evesham revealed its fascinating history and some of its most attractive and historic buildings. Anyone who visited the church at the end of the walk was treated to an impressive impromptu rendition of an old Slavic song by some visitors making the most of the wonderful acoustics inside. The holiday was a lovely opportunity to walk together in an unfamiliar landscape and enjoy some informal socialising without the rush to get home at the end of the walk.
Soup Walk, April 2026
Our soup and sweet walk was held at Bredfield on Thursday 8th January. We met at Bredfield village hall at 10am for a 5 mile walk followed by soup and some keenly anticipated deserts!
New Year Meal January 2026
Our New Year meal was held at the Fox in Newbourne on Thursday 8th January. 31 members enjoyed lovely food and lively conversation!
Ipswich Ramblers Walks in 2026
In the first half of 2026 (to end of June) our walk leaders have led 44 walks totalling 285 miles with an average walk distance of 6.5 miles. You can see details of the walks in the Programe History (see below).
Ipswich Ramblers Activities in 2025
In 2025, our walk leaders organised 93 walks with a total distance covered of just over 600 miles! The average walk distance was 6.5 miles. We aim to hold at least two walks per week, usually on Wednesday and Sunday. Our pool of trained walk leaders has increased over the past few months with several additional members volunteering to undertake Ramblers training modules.
We held a number of events during the year. Our Christmas/New Year lunch was held in January in Newbourne. In April, 30 members enjoyed a short walk followed by a soup lunch at Clopton Village Hall. The Group holiday was held in June with walks around the Swanage area. July saw an afternoon cake walk, a circular walk followed by tea and cakes at Newbourne Village Hall. In November, we held a walk followed by lunch and AGM meeting at Tuddenham Village Hall. Our mince pie and mulled wine walk from Snape to Iken church was held in December.
Contact details for the Group are on the Contact us page.
Ramblers Governance Review
There have been lots of discussions going on in the background about how Ramblers should be managed and a draft Governance Document has been produced. This will be discussed at an Extraordinary General Meeting on 6 December 2025 and our committee feels that members should be aware of these proposed changes.
The document under review may be found at review document
and we suggest that only the first twelve pages will give you a good idea of what is being proposed.
Ipswich Ramblers AGM, walk and lunch on 5th November 2025 at Tuddenham Village Hall
A walk started at 10am was followed by the AGM at approximately midday. Members enjoyed a soup lunch, with donations of delicious puddings!
The agenda may be found here,
In addition to the normal AGM agenda items, members who have shown an interest in helping out with social events met for a quick chat afterwards.
Contact details are on the Contact us page.
Afternoon cake walk from Newbourne Village Hall on Wednesday 9th July 2025
A gentle circular walk from Newbourne and back to enjoy afternoon tea and cakes. Thanks to Jo who led the walk and everyone who provided the goodies.
Soup lunch at Clopton Village Hall, Wednesday 9th April 2025
Almost 30 members enjoyed a short walk followed by a delicious soup and pud lunch at Clopton Village Hall. Thanks to all the soup makers especially the first timers, washer-uppers, clearer-uppers, pud makers and walk leader and the committee for making it all happen.
For those unable to enjoy the Ipswich Ramblers holiday in 2025, we have included a short summary of what we were up to in Derbyshire.. Also accessible from Menu/About Us/Bakewell 2024 above. Take a look at a selection of photos.
Programme History
The Programme history has been updated so that we have an almost complete listing of walks from 2010 through to the end of June 2026. This will be updated at least quarterly during the year. The routes are not covered in detail but starting points and general descriptions are. Hopefully this will give established and new leaders help and ideas for planning walks. The History is under Organising walks/Programme history above.
Ticks - a reminder
Ticks are quite common in the UK and well known for spreading Lyme disease but another virus which causes tick-borne encephalitis which is common in Europe has now been seen in the UK.
To avoid ticks:
- walk on clearly marked paths to avoid brushing against vegetation
- cover your skin while walking outdoors and tuck trousers into socks
- wear light-coloured clothes so ticks can be spotted and brushed off
- use insect repellents such as DEET
- check your clothes and body regularly for ticks particularly your legs
There is a good poster on the Government website about ticks and a recent BBC news item which you may find useful.
Thinking of becoming a walk leader?
To encourage more members to lead walks, a suggestion was put forward at the AGM to introduce a Buddy sytem to help new walk leaders on their first few walks. This has now been introduced and we have nine experienced leaders who are willing to help new leaders get up and running. See here for more details and how to contact the Buddies