November 2025. Norwich. We daren’t travel too far at the moment, with declining parents and unsold properties, so it’s lucky I can get so much joy from an afternoon in a big city walking suburban streets, gazing at street art and churches, and only having to choose which pub to nip in and eavesdrop on… Continue reading SIMPLE PLEASURES. THE TRAFFORD ARMS, NORWICH
Tag: Norfolk
NEW IN NORWICH. THE HOP ROCKET
November 2025. Norwich. 10 minutes out from Norwich market along residential Unthank Road to my new GBG tick, a genuine new pub from the Fat Cat stable rather than an old one you’ve walked past a hundred times and thought “Wonder when that’ll get in the Guide ?”. Looks lovely from outside, the interior of… Continue reading NEW IN NORWICH. THE HOP ROCKET
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN NORWICH
November 2025. Norwich. I’ve taken more rail journeys these last 3 years than I had in all the previous 57, and despite the overcrowding on the Sheffield to Manchester routes and the unpredictable late cancellations I’m glad to get away from the car. No, really. But Monday nights trip south was a nightmare, an already… Continue reading CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN NORWICH
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, NORTH WALSHAM (NCSS 3.5)
November 2025. North Walsham. Norfolk. Obviously if this were a beer blog I’d have followed my new North Walsham tick with a return to the excellent Hop, but ChatGPT tells me that 137.2% of my blog views are referrals from ClassicChurches.com, and ChatGPT is 100% fallible. It’s also rude to walk past an open church,… Continue reading CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, NORTH WALSHAM (NCSS 3.5)
TOP 100 PUBS – THE PEASANTS’ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM
November 2025. North Walsham. Norfolk. Next up, an instant classic in rural Norfolk. No, really. The Peasants’ Tavern is Norwich & District CAMRA Pub of the Year, open Noon till 11pm all week, some bench seating, lined glasses, terrific beer, mostly local, but all that is secondary to the sheer joy in this pub on… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE PEASANTS’ TAVERN, NORTH WALSHAM
NEXT STOP, NORTH WALSHAM
November 2025. North Walsham. Norfolk. A first visit to North Walsham (pop. 12, 829) since 2018, a good year for City fans. Manchester City fans, that is. The half hour trip from Norwich was “enlivened” by young lads discussing the Canaries terrible form. “When we played Portsmouth we went 3-5-2 with an overload and it… Continue reading NEXT STOP, NORTH WALSHAM
19 MINUTES BETWEEN TRAINS AT NORWICH STATION ? COACH & HORSES THEN…
November 2025. Norwich. 3 visits to Dad in his care home this week, he’s barely woken when I’m there but he grips my hand which is enough. I took a trip out to Norfolk on Friday, someone has to brave the flatlands, and found myself on a busy train from Ely in a four seat… Continue reading 19 MINUTES BETWEEN TRAINS AT NORWICH STATION ? COACH & HORSES THEN…
SUFFOCATINGLY NORWICH
October 2024. Norwich. There’s a Twitter account called Fesshole where you admit to non-legal crimes such as calling mathematics “math” or asking for a taster of Doom Bar. Well, along with a grudging respect for micropubs, I’d like to admit that Norwich pubs aren’t all bad. It’s the self-awareness that’s bugged me, that “City of… Continue reading SUFFOCATINGLY NORWICH
CAN’T TOUCH DISS – NORFOLK FALLS
May 2024. Diss. It is the actual LAW that any post on Diss MUST reference MC Hammer, just as any blogging about Ealing must riff off that 1982 Marvin Gaye classic. ——– Mrs RM’s epic solo trip has given me a bit time between caring duties to do some local ticking, starting with the last… Continue reading CAN’T TOUCH DISS – NORFOLK FALLS
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 31 – NORFOLK
Apologies for the lateness of your daily “Half A Dozen Pubs…”. The WiFi in Preston Premier Inn failed to upload my lovely photos (including the one I nicked off Duncan). You could almost have six pubs in the same Norwich postcode here, but that would be so dull. Bu picking five pubs to give a… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 31 – NORFOLK
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