Norwich; Monday, 31 May, 2010

An achingly slow journey across London on the coach, it took more than an hour to get from Victoria to Stratford, by the time we hit the motorway we had been going for nearly 90 minutes, and were officially half way through the timetabled journey by the time we reached the M25. To be fair to them though, the coach did then have a pretty clear run and managed to do the 100 or so miles from the M25 to Norwich city centre in slightly less time than it had done the previous 20 miles from the centre of London.

I walked the very short distance from the bus station to the hotel (which was effectively above the bus station) and checked in.

Having dumped my stuff I headed out for a long wander around the city centre taking in the main sights.

I had no particular direction to follow, other than knowing at some point I needed to pop into the station to purchase a rover for the remainder of my stay, so after quite a long wander I found myself up by the station.

Having purchased my ticket I then walked back along the riverside all the way round the outside of the city centre before finally returning to the Cathedral.

I had intended on visiting the Cathedral, as the guide books all said that it was open until 7pm. However, as I arrived at a little after 6 the doors were being closed in line with the large signs by the entrance, which looked pretty elderly, advertising the cathedral as being open until 6pm each day, so I’m not quite certain where the guide book got their information from.

I wandered for a bit longer through town before stopping for an early dinner, back to the hotel to freshen up, and then back out at dusk to have a wander round in the twilight.