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Member#: 137 Location: Registered: 11-02-2003 Diary Entries: 35
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2nd June 2020
Mt. Biking: Around Felixstowe Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny and hot :) Max Speed: 17.04 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 11.36 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 2nd - bike ***** - Felixstowe circuit – Sunny and hot.
After 5 days windsurfing it was a relief that the easterly wind had died
down and the forecast cloudy day failed to arrive and we were treated to
another sunny/warm day here in Suffolk:) As Mag and I haven’t been on our
bikes for awhile we were keen to get out on them, deciding to take our
breakfast (Weetabix and fruit) to the picnic benches at the Water Ski Jetty
on the banks of the River Deben. Leaving home at 8.45 we took the footpath
down the side of The Grove park to Marsh Lane, across the farm track to
Kings Fleet spotting Reed Buntings and Warblers. There are several pairs of
Swans now raising their young in the dykes at the back of the Deben, we saw
a couple of groups including one with seven youngsters:) It was as
beautiful as ever as we bumped our way along the river path with not a soul
in sight. Then approaching the jetty there was a couple sitting at the end
but we stopped anyway and had a nice chat with them and learned they had
paddled their canoes up here from The Dip and were waiting for the tide to
turn, which it did as we watched. Then we enjoyed our breakfast and it’s
nice to see boats back on the river, including yachts, people fishing and
even a couple of ski boats who tied up at the jetty! We then continued
further along the Deben before turning off to Falkenham Church. We then
took several bridle ways back to Felixstowe with the fields of potatoes now
coming into bloom:) So another top bike ride out for 2 hours 50 minutes
enjoying the best that Suffolk has to offer, then a reduced set of
exercises in the sunny back garden, lunch before a social distancing get
together in the front garden of an elderly friend with probably the same
tomorrow before perhaps an early morning windsurfing session on the
beautiful River Stour? But sadly it will be much cooler :(
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