Hello!
Would anyone in the Ipswich and Suffolk area be interested in a meet up/coffee/photography walk ???
I’m thinking Felixstowe but am open to suggestions or ideas. First thing would be good to know if anyone is interested.
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Hello @Emily75 and warm Welcome to Local Guides Connect.
A home for all local Guides.
For your idea about connecting with Local Guides Community, I would love to guide you.
For the first step, You may search the community for mentions of the Local Guides Community in
by “Search” option on Local Guides Connect.
And secondly, as you mentioned,
If you want to connect with other Local Guides in your area, you have many options and I’ll try to summarize them for you:
- You can seek upcoming gatherings in the Meet-ups section
- You can host a gathering yourself, following these tips on How to organize a successful meet-up
- You can set up and follow your favorite locations to be notified when someone posts on the forum about them
For more information, you can also take a look at this helpful post by my friend @TusharSuradkar
How to Connect with Local Guides in Your Area - 7 Pro Tips.
I’m tagging here @AdrianLunsong and @PeteMHW for more guidance.
Further Maybe you’ll like to check out our tutorial here:About this forum. You may also want to read two interesting articles: Your guide to Connect and 14 helpful tips for using Connect.
All the best 
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Hey @KashifMisidia thanks for the tag!
Hi @Emily75 !! I’m Adrian and I was formerly based in Manchester but currently just moving about in Malaysia. @PeteMHW is based in Clitheroe and joins in the activities in and around the Greater Manchester area. Unfortunately, I don’t know of any Local Guide in your area… I just know a few in the Greater Manchester area as well as London… and there’s also one in Isle of Man too.
The tips from Kashif are great to follow too! I did a search for any mention of Ipswich and just tagging a few Local Guides that came up in the search results: @Reanimator , @Martin_Whitehead , @MikeH , @Timek_HR .
Hopefully, these folks will get in touch!! 
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Hi Emily,
I live in Ipswich and would be interested in a Meet Up.
Regards,
Martin
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Hi Martin,
That’s great! Are you available in week? at weekends? is there a day that’s good for you? I was thinking Sunday 19th march or Sunday March 12th but I’m free on days in the week too. I see a new cafe is opening in the town hall so maybe a good place to visit and review.
Best Wishes
Emily
Hi @Emily75 I’m Pete, as mentioned by @AdrianLunsong and @KashifMisidia in other posts. I’m based in Clitheroe in Lancashire, which isn’t too far from central Manchester - and I’m occasionally in London (and also in North East England) with family or friends. We have an active group of Local Guides in Manchester (search Manchester LG in Connect) and you would be most welcome to come up and join us for a MeetUp if you could make it. Until then you’re welcome to message me and we can keep in contact online and encourage each other - and I could give you a little help from my very limited experience! I see you’ve made contact with someone else nearer home, which is great. Looking forward to hearing from you - until then good luck with everything.
Pete
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Hi Pete,
Thanks for the message, if I’m every in the area I’ll be sure to get in touch 
Best Wishes
Emily