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
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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
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
STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
**** it it’s (a) fine (city) November 2023. Norwich. 16:25. The train leaves Norwich in less than half an hour, best head back, eh ? Quite a bit of street art for you in the underpass leading to St Stephens Street. That one is for our own DAVE, who probably gets the cultural reference in… Continue reading STAYING FOR A FIFTH PINT. BAD IDEA, RIGHT ?
JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
November 2023. Norwich. I’ve been on the move this week, alternating between Waterbeach, Sheffield, Manchester, Waterbeach, Pembury (Kent) and Rye in rapid succession, so the reports from Norwich are a bit “disjointed”. Bit like me as I headed back towards the station last Sunday with an hour to go. Time for one revisit, I reckoned;… Continue reading JUST CHAMPION ! A NORWICH CLASSIC
A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
November 2023. Norwich. Stop No. E on the Great Norwich GBG Mop Up came a mere 5 minutes after Stop D . I really should have slowed down, but only Mrs RM could have made me do done that, and she was in Tunbridge Wells. And she couldn’t have caught me anyway as I sped… Continue reading A NEW NORWICH BACKSTREET CORNER PUB ! ANOTHER ONE ?
WEST HAM ARE ON THE TELLY AGAIN
November 2023. Norwich. A Sunday afternoon in Norwich ticking pubs is one of the joys of life. Add in a crisp Autumn (or is it Winter ? Never know) day and a route through pleasant suburbia and it’s hard to beat. Perhaps a Sunday afternoon in Maidenhead is the way to go next. A mere… Continue reading WEST HAM ARE ON THE TELLY AGAIN
NORWICH’S GARDEN HOUSE – IS THIS REALLY A CRAFT UNION PUB ?
November 2023. Norwich. Less than 2.5 hours to tick four pubs, get lost, find a tasty tea and rush for the train back to Ely. Right, let’s walk. Norwich is a Fine City, and a Great Walking Town (just stay clear of the unexpected red light district just west of the station across the river… Continue reading NORWICH’S GARDEN HOUSE – IS THIS REALLY A CRAFT UNION PUB ?
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