Norwich; Tuesday, 01 June, 2010

I hadn’t booked breakfast at the hotel and had intended on picking up something for breakfast the previous evening, but had forgotten. So instead I wandered out of the hotel in search of a cafe which I eventually found (having passed up the customary half dozen Starbucks).

After breakfast I had a bit more of a wander around the city centre until I reached the Cathedral. I had a good look around the cathedral and the visitors centre. By the time I left it was just in time to catch the open-top sightseeing tour around the city.

I did one full circuit back to the cathedral and then stayed on for the short distance on to the station. At the station I hopped on the train out to Hoveton and Wroxham, in the heart of the broads.

I had a good look around the town before heading back beyond the national rail station to the station of the Bure Valley railway, a small narrow-gauge line running to the market town of Aylsham.

A quick spot of sightseeing in Aylsham, then back on the train to Hoveton, back on the normal train to Norwich, and across the platform onto the train to Ely.

At Ely I was just in time to get into the Cathedral and have a look around before it shut for the evening, which was thankful as the rain was starting to pick up. By the time I left the cathedral the skies were beginning to clear and it was turning into a lovely evening.

I had a wander down to the river side and walked along the river bank for a while before it was time to head back to the station and the train back into Norwich for dinner.