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12th November 2024
Hiking - Walking: Orwell County Park Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny start then cloudy with rain Max Speed: Distance Covered: 2.50 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)
Tuesday 12th November - walks *** – Orwell Country Park – morning
sunny periods, afternoon cloudy with light rain.
We were tempted by an early morning sunrise walk but the sky didn’t look
that inspiring so decided to give it a miss, perhaps tomorrow? For the
first time in many days there was enough breeze for foil but the direction
and tides worked against me so I had to give today a miss,especially as my
heel is playing me up again, I was limited for time as we were meeting my
sister at my Dads bungalow to sort a few things out at 2.30 which gave me
enough time to do my exercises, pack a picnic and drive over to Orwell
Country Park at Nacton for a walk. This mornings sunshine was fast
disappearing with dark clouds approaching as we walked down through the
woods with the path a carpet of multi coloured leaves:) We reached the
River Orwell and the tide was very low and the weather was pretty gloomy by
now as we walked along the beach towards the Orwell Bridge and it was
lovely and quiet with very few people about. We sat at usual spot sheltered
from the north wind and enjoyed our lunch with views across the the river
with several birds flitting about. It did start to drizzle on us but
nothing to worry about before confining past the small holding with loads
of sheep but sadly no piggy’s :( Under the Orwell bridge and up through
the woods as the drizzle continued to fall, getting fairly wet by the time
we reached the van.
We then drove to meet my my sister had my Dads house who sadly passed last
Sunday, it did seem very odd looking through his things but it has to be
done. He is being cremated privately this Friday and we are having a due to
celebrate his life on Thursday 21st which would have been his 96th
Birthday, I will post more details closer to the day.
PS - was chuffed to get a pic on the late Look East on the BBC last
night:)
Photo Album here
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