A few days in Norfolk – Day One
It’s all too easy to lose contact with workmates when they move on to other jobs or retire, so I arranged to spend a few days in Norwich last week, to catch up with one such old friend now living in Norfolk. On the internet, I duly bought myself a return train fare from London’s Liverpool Street station, and made my way there intending to catch the midday train to Norwich, on which I had a reserved seat…
The Bishopsgate entrance to Liverpool Street station…
Things didn’t begin too well, however…;)
Yes, that’s my train, the 12:00 to Norwich…
A quick chat with a Customer Services representative on the station concourse, and an over-stamping of my ticket, resulted in my catching the 12.30 pm train, and I arrived at Norwich Railway Station around two hours later…
The first of many gorillas I encountered in Norwich during the next few days…
I soon found myself taking refuge from the sultry weather in a pub not far from the station, called the Compleat Angler, where I stayed long enough to down a pint of lager, before booking into my B & B hotel for the next three nights, which was perfectly placed in Riverside Road, not far from the railway station. Once I had settled into the hotel, in the evening I set off for a long ramble around the City, and these are some of the resulting pictures…rather a lot of gorillas I’m afraid…;)
…this one in Castle Meadow..
…and one in front of Castle Mall…
Not sure of the street I’m standing in here, but the yonder church is St. Michael-at-Plea…
I do know the name of this street however; it’s called Quay Side…
This one is on Fye Bridge…
…and this natty dresser is in St. George’s Green…
By now, dusk was approaching, so I headed back towards my hotel via Novi Sad Bridge and a walk along the riverside…
View from Novi Sad Bridge…
Nearing the hotel, a view from Riverside Walk…
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