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Sounds like you and Mark are having a good time hence the rain! Hope the rain didn't hamper your plans too much. It will be interesting to hear about your experience at the quite poorly reviewed pub you went to!
Well, oddly enough, I knew the pub last night wouldn't be as bad as the reviews on TripAdvisor suggested - and so it proved to be!
We had an absolutely stunning sunset last night as well, despite all the rain during the day and today has been beautiful - dry with temperatures into the low 60s.
We headed into Norwich today and what a stunning place it is. I'm so glad we got to visit it. We didn't end up where we planned tonight, but the place we're moored at has Highland coos (I just posted some photos on Facebook), so it's perfect for me.
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Sounds like you had a great day and things turned out in your favor! Looking forward to the photos and especially of the sunset! I think the bovine gods were watching over you on this day!
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Sounds like you had a great day and things turned out in your favor! Looking forward to the photos and especially of the sunset! I think the bovine gods were watching over you on this day!
Friday 1 May – part one: the Vikings have invaded…
It was a very early start to the day, as Mark had to head out early for work, so the alarm went at 5:00am. Ugh! Fortunately, that meant I had some time before I needed to head off for work to assemble everything we’d be taking with us, like the duvet (I cannot remember what you guys call it – it’s what we sleep under ), pillows, and some of the food and drink that we’d stocked up on from Tesco the night before.
Then it was off to work, and things weren’t going too badly for much of the day. I was getting through what I needed to get through… that was until about 4:00pm. I had a string of last minute things come in that I had to deal with and then I realised that something I’d been working that had to be finished today, I’d totally forgotten about. I managed to get it out in just about a fit state, and that was it, homeward bound…
I left a lot later than I’d hoped, and as soon as I walked into the house, I got the washing going, as having been swimming, I wanted to get that done, and we already had a full load, plus we’d have even more over the weekend. While we waited for that to finish, I caught up on the boards, and then when the washing was done, we finished loading up the rest of the stuff in the car, and off we went.
We left about 6:30pm, a little later than I’d hoped, but it couldn’t be helped. The evening was casting some lovely light…
We were soon at the Dartford Crossing, which is still in the process of being turned into a toll where you don’t need to stop. It was similar to this the last time we came through here at the start of the year, after spending New Year with Hazel and her family, so goodness knows when it’s going to be finished.
The M25, which is notorious for problems, was absolutely fine. It was when we got off there, we started to encounter problems. We were happily passing lovely countryside…
… then we hit this…
Thankfully it eased not long after I took this photo, although for the rest of our time on the M11, we did crawl along. I think if we got over 50 mph (our speed limit on motorways over here is 70 mph), we were doing well.
I knew we were getting near to our destination, so when I saw a sign that the services were coming up, I suggested we head there to get some dinner. The first sign that things weren’t promising was the fact that they only had a Burger King and a KFC, not my favourites for veggie choices really. The second sign was how long it took us to get to the car park – this was a massive complex with two hotels, I guess because it’s near Stansted Airport. The third sign was how full the car park was, and the parking was terrible, with loads of spaces impossible to get into because of how badly other people had parked.
Ignoring all of that, we set off into the complex, and the lines everywhere for food were appalling. Add to that, the Vikings appeared to have invaded as there were lots of people sitting there with Viking helmets on – and we are talking adults here, not children. It was all very odd..
We decided to call it quits, and headed back to the car, and were soon back on the road again. As we drove along, we were treated to some wonderful views of the countryside in the fast fading sunlight…
Soon we were coming to our junction, and the GPS decided to take us on a bit of a magical mystery tour. It was taking us down a dead end, and at the end was a railway station. Now I knew the hotel was in Station Road, so it must be here, right? Right, except it was across the railway lines.
We set off again, and this time we made it fine. It was a beautiful old place:
There was no parking when we arrived, so Mark waited in the car, while I went in to check in. Inside, it was just as lovely, with plenty of history.
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The Vikings were all gathering to head to WDW and protest the closing of Maelstrom.
Just kidding! That's all I could picture with your description of the helmets - those that are sold in Epcot's Norway!
Whew, what a busy day to start off your trip! The hotel does indeed look very historic, and interesting!
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The Vikings were all gathering to head to WDW and protest the closing of Maelstrom.
Just kidding! That's all I could picture with your description of the helmets - those that are sold in Epcot's Norway!
Very good! I hadn't thought of that, but I like that as an explanation....
Yikes! That was a long day and I would be starving by that time, unless you had grabbed a bit to eat while the laundry was going before you left home. The inn does look lovely.
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Hope the rain didn't hamper your plans too much. It will be interesting to hear about your experience at the quite poorly reviewed pub you went to! 
I'm so glad we got to visit it. We didn't end up where we planned tonight, but the place we're moored at has Highland coos (I just posted some photos on Facebook), so it's perfect for me. 
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Fortunately, that meant I had some time before I needed to head off for work to assemble everything we’d be taking with us, like the duvet (I cannot remember what you guys call it – it’s what we sleep under 
), pillows, and some of the food and drink that we’d stocked up on from Tesco the night before. 
I managed to get it out in just about a fit state, and that was it, homeward bound… 
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Your hotel looks so lovely! 
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