Historic Walks 3
| Convenor: Sally Greenhill | |
| Date: 2nd Wednesday each month | |
| Time: 2pm - 4pm approximately | |
| Venue: Various - see below |
Please contact the group using the link on the right >>> or phone Sally on Sally 01502 715733
Historic walks in the Waveney and Blyth Valley and further afield. Our Walks combine historical places of interest with an easy walk, usually between 1 and 3 miles. Sorry but we are unable to accept dogs on our walks.
We have to limit numbers so that members can hear the walk leader as the walk progresses. If you wish to join Group 3 please use the bird link (to the right) to register your interest.
Programme of Walks for 2024
April 10th: Visiting the Steamworks charity on Southwold Common who are restoring the former Southwold to Halesworth railway (YouTube film available)
May 8th: spotting the new migrants on Carlton Marshes, near Lowestoft.
12th June: walk round Loddon with Ivan Crane
10th July Norwich Riverside walk with Paul Dickson
14th August: Walk from Eel''s Foot pub, south of Dunwich, to see the 'Wing and a Prayer' installation in the ruins of the first Leiston Abbey, introduced by the artist, Arabella Marshall.
11th September: 'Quaysides and Seasides at Gorleston
9th October: Chris Reeve telling us about Bungay's Famous Faces
Some of the walks are free, others request a donation of not more than £5-£6.
This POEM specially written for us by IVAN CRANE who you will know as he frequently arranges and leads walks for the Historic Walks groups.
A WALK.
To go for a ramble
Is never a gamble
It is an endless tour
Where may generations have walked before
It’s a mystery
Where you will find endless history
Footpaths, tracks and bridleways
Linking towns and villages in other days
Churches and chapels abound
Silent now hardly a sound
Go inside the door
Investigate a little more
Maybe there is an historic artefact
Left intact
Take a break time is on your side
Because on this walk you decide
Its time to move on again
Forget the rain
Flowers, woodland and fauna
Around every corner
Fields full of crops
The wonder never stops
Wonderful sky’s
A treat for your eyes
The same walk changes with the seasons
Do it again, there lies four reasons
A walk is peace and tranquillity
Surrounded by natures fragility
It is a place to think and contemplate
Concentrate
To remove that stress
And return afresh
Ivan Crane 2021
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Some churches request a small donation (not more than £5 per head) but otherwise no expense is required, apart from buying a cup of tea! Many walks are led by an expert guide or historian.
For details of our previous walks please click on the link at top right "PREVIOUS WALKS".
New members welcome, but only if you are a member of U3A, and on email. Notification of forthcoming walks is sent out approximately two weeks in advance, via email only
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