What to do in the East?

[Thomzo]

Hi Guys

Looking for some tourist advice please.

I'm off to Great Yarmouth for a long weekend next month with some friends. Looking at Google, it reckons it's going to take me over 4 hours to get there from Swindon so I thought it might be fun to break my journey overnight on the way. I'd like to get past London then find a b&b somewhere between the M25 and Great Yarmouth, then spend the following morning doing something interesting.

Any suggestions please? My definition of interesting excludes shopping but includes visiting gardens, food, historic buildings, good views, arts/crafts. Also, any recommendations of B&B's would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Zoe

[pumpy]

Hi Zoe, theres a good b&b here in East Harling (s.w. Norfolk)..... no this is'nt a plug! It's called "The Elms" tel; 01953 718269. The village is just N.E. OF Thetford, just 2 miles off the A11. There is a lovely medieval church, if you like old buildings, we are on the edge of the forest,with plenty of walks. Englands only whisky distillary is here (well worth a tour), Snetterton race track is only 2 miles away, Bressingham steam museam is 8 miles away......... take your pick!!
cheers Andrew

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Hi Zoe, theres a good b&b here in East Harling (s.w. Norfolk)..... no this is'nt a plug! It's called "The Elms" tel; 01953 718269. The village is just N.E. OF Thetford, just 2 miles off the A11. There is a lovely medieval church, if you like old buildings, we are on the edge of the forest,with plenty of walks. Englands only whisky distillary is here (well worth a tour), Snetterton race track is only 2 miles away, Bressingham steam museam is 8 miles away......... take your pick!!
cheers Andrew

Seconded. I'm Norfolk born and inbred and have many happy memories of East Harling involving a wild summer with a girl called Liesel. I was brought up a little way North of Bungay, which due to an administartive error is actually in Suffolk, though we tended to gloss over that, and it is a beautiful little town too.

[baldybloke]

Hi Zoe

Personally I would avoid the motorways and go cross country either via Oxford/Northampton or I quite like going up the A361 to Daventry, then Market Harborough, Corby and across. But then again motorways are boring on two wheels.

[Thomzo]

Hi
That is a good point about the motorways as I was thinking of taking the convertible and they aren't much fun on motorways either. My friends are stopping in Market Harborough. I thought it was a bit out of my way but maybe I should think about joining them.

Zoe

[Mr and Mrs luvpie]

if you do go motorway and you find yourself on the a14 you can always have a pit stop here for a coffee and loo break ;)

[oldjerry]

H But then again motorways are boring on two wheels.

Not if your in a car at the time....

[baldybloke]

H But then again motorways are boring on two wheels.

Not if your in a car at the time....

Have been in a "CV when it was on two wheels. Not on a motorway though.

To also quote Jethro Tull, I'm of the too old to rock and roll, too young to die stereotype but it's been a long time since I wore my hair too long.