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6th October 2025 Hiking - Walking: Felixstowe and Flatford Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny and warm Max Speed: Distance Covered: 6 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Monday 6th October - walks ***** – Sunrise Felixstowe and Flatford– sunny and warm. My 72nd Birhtday and what a brilliant day it was , a big thank you for all the many best wishes from around the world:) Walk 1 – Sunrise on Felixstowe Prom – pretty cloudy. I can’t believe I woke this morning to become 72, where did all those years go! Mag and I left home around 6,30 for a walk along the prom, although it is always nice to be out early especially as it’s so quiet and peaceful the sunrise was disappointing due to a bank of cloud on the horizon, we only got a glimpse as we walked up the pram walk at 7.15! Then back to bed for a cuppa, word games and sort out my pics, really lazy start as we didn’t get up until nearly 11!!! Walk 2 – Circuit around Flatford in wonderful Constable country – wall to wall sunshine and warm :) The weather has now improved with light wind, warm and wall to wall sunshine so I quickly have breakfast in the garden and pack a picnic before heading off on a mystery tour:) I decide to go to Flatford today as it’s a shorter walk than starting from Dedham. We pass the National Park car park and park in the one way Flatfort Road at the top of the hill that leads down to the River Stour through the sheep field! We set off at 12.10 and amble down the hill to the tributary of the Stour where Mag spots our first kingfisher:) It is stunning around here and it’s no surprise John Constable chose to paint around here, we cross the river on Fen Bridge as two canoeists paddle up to Dedham and we follow the willow lined river to Flatford and spot a black bird with a bendy beak fly over which turns out to be a glossy Ibis, the first we have ever seen in this country! We are then entertained by a family of swans low flying as if walking on water, just brilliant! The NT electric boats heads upriver as we approach the famous Flatford bridge where we stop to feed the fish as the electric boat returns to fill up with more passengers and a paddle boarder appears, the perfect day for that! We continue down past the lock that leads to the mill pool, our lunch seat is taken so we carry onto towards the big sluice but turn left and follow the river to Judus Gap, a dead end where there is another sluice which stops the salt water coming up from Manningtree, being high tide the pool here is full of really big mullet that were not interested inn our fish food! We watched them for ages before finding a quiet grassy spot by the river for our picnic, brilliant it was too, a swan glides past, a couple inn a canoe paddle past from Cattawade and we spot another kingfisher and once again feed the fish, top relaxing lunch we had too! Well rest we head back, feed the ducks including a bonkers swan who chases them off! It was then down to Willy Lotts cottage famous for Constables Hay wain painting, a quick spin round the NT shop and up the lane and back to the van spotting a magpie picking bits of sheep resting inn the shade. We were pleased to get back to the van after walking 3.5 miles making it 6 miles for the day but what a top day it was:) Photo Album here National Trust Flatford |
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