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21st May 2025
Hiking - Walking: Martlesham Wilds Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Cloudy with some rain, sunny late Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Wednesday 21st May - walk **** – Martlesham ‘Wilds’ – cloudy
with a few showers, sun late.
There was a sense of excitement here in Felixstowe as there was some rain
forecast after a run of very dry weather, sadly although cloudy until late
afternoon we only had very light rain until a couple of short lived heavier
showers around lunch time:( I did my exercises indoors this morning while
Mag sorted out her front garden, packing a picnic we headed out in the van
hoping to avoid the showers, firstly going to Foxhall Road on the outskirts
of Ipswich to see a couple of large purple fields that have featured on
Facebook of late. We easily found the beautiful field that run from Bell
Lane and the small Aviation museum and despite the menacing dark clouds the
Placelia (green Manure) looked lovely and I got a few nice pics. We then
continued onto Martlesham Church were we encounted a couple of short lived
heavy showers! We decided to have our picnic today in the van first before
setting off on our walk around Martlesham ‘wild’ a fairly new nature
reserve! Walking past the church with the snowdrops and crocus’ being
replaced with Green Alkinet, down past the tennis court to the brilliant
lane under an arch of trees, full of bird song, Mag turned on her mobile
bird song app (Merlin) and we soon got a long list of birds:) It was
surpringly muddy under foot so must have had more rain than we thought as
the path meanders down to the entrance of Martlesham Creek opposite Kyson
Point where the tide was very low! Continuing along the creek to the small
marina where I upset some swans taking their pics before we carry on
through the trees, back up the steep steps to Church Lane leading back to
the van where we have our cuppa and chocolate bar before taking the scenic
route back to Felixstowe. I was surprised that the breeze had picked up to
over 16 knots making a foil session possible, two wingers made the most of
the unexpected breeze going out at The Manor. It was approaching high water
which made the sea lumpy and the breeze only lasted an hour so I didn’t
miss a lot really!
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Martlesham
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