May 2026 Update
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Welcome to the May walks update and the start of Hundred month! I can’t believe we are here already. It’s taken this long to recover from last year! The marshals will be setting off on Saturday to try and complete The Honeypot 100 in Kent. We have a good number of us taking part from Norfolk and Suffolk group and we look forward to welcoming contestants at Checkpoint 7 on the main event at the end of May. If you would like to follow our progress this is the link to the tracker: https://track.trail.live/event/hunnypot-100-marshal-walk Keep an eye out for the main event tracker information later in the month April has been very busy with a number of social walks and Challenge events across the country. A few of our group took part in The Woldsman 50 which was a fantastic event and nice to catch up with our friends from different areas of the LDWA. Thank you to all our volunteers and walk leaders for keeping the schedule so busy! Members from our group also took part in The Bath Beat, The Pewsey Downsaround and The South downs Marathon just to name a few. Congratulations to Chelle and Jayne who both received volunteer awards at the National AGM weekend (Check out the article on page 3 of strider). Sue Clements is also starring in the latest edition of strider (Question time on page 112). May is proving just as popular for social walks with a pretty full schedule ahead of us. We also have the AGM following a shorter walk on the 10th May. It would be nice to see as many people as possible attend to get involved and have their say in the group activities. Schedule of upcoming events Sat 9th May 2026 Group Walk - 19ml. 9:00 Blickling Hall Car Park , 5 Park Gates , Blickling NR11 6NJ What threewords///grab.earphones.builder Park and meet at the visitor centre barn at the main Blickling Car park for start at 9am. Parking is free for NT members and costs £5 for non NT members. You can pay at the machines or use the JustPark app, which you can download and use in advance of your trip. Members will need to scan their cards. There is park run at Blickling at 9am on Saturdays but they do have an overflow car park which will be sign posted if it is busy This will be a nice countryside jaunt through some lovely villages, farms and country estates. We will have breaks at pretty Aldborough Green where there is a shop and pub, and at Little Barningham church General Notes There are also shops at Mannigton Hall and Itteringham in case anyone needs additional icecreams/foodstuffs. Anyone wishing to have a post hike beverage at the Bucks Arms afterwards would be most welcome Contact Clare Hill Email mrsclarehilly@gmail.com
Sun 10th May 2026 Group Walk - 11.5ml. 9:00 Hoxne Village Hall IP21 5AN. Parking at Hall. (GR TM180768). A circular walk starting from Hoxne Village, walking via Syleham, Brockdish, Thorpe Abbotts and Billingford. . The meeting will start at 1:00 after walk is finished. C: Yvonne and Roger T: 07813402072 Sat 16th May 2026 Group Walk - 18ml. 10am Meeting point is the Chapel Bridge in St. Ives at 10am. PE27 5EP. W3W duet.wedge.receive Street parking is available along London Rd (free) or the paid c.p at the Dolphin hotel (Two Pound all day). (GR TL312710). We are exploring the area around the medieval town of St. Ives. The walk is an 18 mile circular taking in nearby villages situated on the River Gt. Ouse. The Hemingfords, Hougton & water mill, Holywell, the marina, the chapel bridge & quayside, flood meadows, part of the guided busway (formerly the St.Ives to Cambridge railway line), part of the Ouse valley way & part of the Pathfinder LDP. There will be a short break after 6 miles opposite Needingworth marina. Lunch stop at 12miles on St. Ives quayside (shops nearby) General Notes There is an early exit at 12miles at the lunch stop. Please bring the food you will need for the day as breaks will not be long enough to order food. Dogs on leads are welcome Contact Andy Dack Tel: 07342195531
Sat 23rd May 2026 Group Walk - 18ml. 9:00 Park in The Street at Somerleyton, NR32 5QD Meet at village green what3words: spurted.howler.adventure. (GR TH482073). The walk goes to Lound Lakes then via Blundeston and Oulton Marshes Nature Reserve. It returns on a scenic part of the Angles Way. Paths along the route are varied but mainly good. Please bring enough food & drink to last the entirety of the walk. Dogs welcome; there are some sections of the walk where dogs must be on a lead Contact Stephen Bensley Tel: 07484308734
Sat 30th May 2026 Group Walk - 21 or 15ml. 8:30 Norwich bus station (stand N), Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3NX. OS Expl map 237. What three words: goad.beyond.chemistry. (GR TG229080). Something a little different! The plan is to take the X44 bus at 08:35 from Norwich to Aylsham & walk back to Norwich; the route is therefore linear. The full distance is approx. 21 miles but it can be cut short at Drayton (approx. 15 miles) & getting a bus back into Norwich. General Notes Paths along the route are varied but mainly good, landscape is varied. Please bring enough food & drink to last the entirety of the walk; there is however an opportunity to restock at Drayton. Dogs welcome; there are some sections of the walk where dogs must be on a lead. Contact Jon Inett Tel: 07799420492 Email Jon1965@runbox.com
Wed 10th Jun 2026 Summer Wednesday - Diss south saunter Group Walk - 16ml. 9:30 Roydon village hall, High Road, Roydon, Diss, IP22 5RB. Park in the village hall carpark (permission has been given). No charge W3W: humans.reporting.panel. (GR TM100802). The route is mainly farmland and meadows, passing through several villages. From our start point we head towards Wortham Ling and onto Redgrave. Next is Hinderclay at which point we turn southeast to reach the twin villages of Botesdale and Rickinghall. This is the intended lunch stop with an optional drink at the Bell Inn. We then cross under the A143 generally heading north east towards Wortham. There is then a long straight stretch back to Wortham Ling and retrace steps back to Roydon village hall General Notes Paths along the route are varied but mainly good. Most of the route is on open farmland and meadows. Please bring enough food and drink to last the entirety of the walk; there is however an option to stop at the Bell Inn in Rickinghall (approx. 10 miles). Dogs welcome; there are some sections of the walk where dogs must be on a lead Contact Jon Inett Tel: 07799420492 Email jon1965@runbox.com
Sun 14th Jun 2026 Summer Poppyline Shortie in Reverse Group Walk - 18.5ml. 9:00 Car park Roman Camp. Camp Lane, Runton, West Runton, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, NR27 9NE Please car share and park with consideration of other users as quite a small car park. (GR TG184413). This is the 2022 short poppyline route in reverse. Leave Roman Camp car park head out to the coast and over Beeston Bump, through Sheringham Park, Gresham, Felbrigg Hall, Cromer and back via East Runton General Notes No toilets at start but break will be at Sheringham Park and lunch at Felbrigg Hall where are both cafes and toilets. However I would suggest bringing your own food for the day as the break/lunch will be the usual N&S length and not extended. During summer months these cafes will be busy and service may take some time Contact Tracy Woods Tel: 07786 384448 Email tracyj66@talktalk.net
Sat 27th Jun 2026 Group Walk - Details to follow nearer the time Sun 28th Jun 2026 Still Searching For That Special Constable - Joint E&H/N&S Group Walk - 20ml. 9:00 Meet at The Recreational Ground car park, School Street, Stoke By Nayland, CO6 4QY. ///riot.pursuing.indicated. Free parking Map : LR155. (GR TL985364). A meander through both Essex and Suffolk countryside taking in some of the very best of Constable Country. We will have two short morning breaks; first at Stratford St Mary to rest our legs and then at Flatford Mill (public toilets/ NT shop) with the possibility of an ice cream. Our lunch break will be taken at Dedham after approx. 12 miles (public toilets/ shops/ café/ pubs) General Notes 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Constable and we will pass the setting for what is probably his best known painting The Hay Wain. A hay wain being a cart traditionally used to transport freshly cut meadow grass. Constable is less well known for his depictions of people and also for his religious paintings - in fact he painted just three - and the best of these, The Annunciation, hangs in St Mary’s church Dedham. The church should be open for us to take a peek. This Special Constable is occasionally on exhibition loan and if that proves to be the case, we have another special constable up our sleeve - or possibly on the wall! Special thanks to Bill Bowers for the route Contact Gill Struthers and Jane Audsley. Tel: Tel: Gill - 07591 97179. Jane - 07762 057584 Email Janeaudsley@msn.com
Sat 11th Jul 2026 Challenge Event - 31, 23 or 13.5ml. 11.5. Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, IP6 8BB Parking at the Community Centre for the Long and Medium routes. For the Short route, please use the free parking in Station Yard or at Needham Lake, only a short distance from the community centre. The Rodent Wriggle is named after the way it meanders its way up the upper reaches of the River Rat. A gentle undulating scenic route through the Mid Suffolk countryside, with 10 historic churches along the 31.5mile route. All are interesting in their own way, but of particular note are Great Finborough with its majestic spire, quaint thatched Harleston Church, and Rattlesden Church with its magnificent Angel roof General Notes This event is ‘scan & go’. There will be refreshments at all checkpoints and a light meal at the finish. Dogs are allowed on the event, but not allowed inside any hall (except assistance dogs). All dogs must be on leads at all times & must have appropriate liability insurance. Please refer to SI Entries for full details. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17142 Contact Andy Dack Email chair.norfolkandsuffolk@ldwa.org.uk
Sun 19th Jul 2026 Group Walk - 18ml. 9:00 Mill Road carpark, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6DU. No charge. OS Expl map 238. What three words: landed.afternoon.roosters. (GR TG191267). This is a figure of eight walk first looping around Blickling and then around Aylsham. There is an easy option to reduce the walk down to approx. 12 miles if required. General Notes Paths along the route are varied but mainly good, landscape is varied. Please bring enough food and drink to last the entirety of the walk; there is however an opportunity to restock at Blicking, albeit at National Trust prices! The group can however stretch to an ice cream! Dogs welcome; there are some sections of the walk where dogs must be on a lead Contact Jon Inett Tel: 07799420492 Email jon1965@runbox.com
Walk leaders please contact janeaudsley@msn.com if you would like to put on a walk. All volunteers would be gratefully appreciated. Let’s keep this momentum going throughout the summer. Jane |
