SueCS textiles: Norwich or bust!

Hi quite a long while since I last blogged. I have been away in Norfolk- staying in a beautiful hotel in Norwich with my friend Chris. We go away somewhere different in Great Britain once a year.and this time thought we would head to East Anglia.

What a wonderful part of the country, rather flat compared to Lancashire, but with lovely scenery and quirkiness.

Norwich was not what we expected, as we thought there would not be a lot to do, and we would take a trip to Cromer one of the days.

However we did not manage to fit everything in. We went down by train, rather a long 4 1/2 hours, but better than me driving all that way. The hotel was great & was walking distance to the city centre.

We decided to have dinner at the Hotel on the first night, which was excellent.

On the Wednesday, we looked around the shops, as you do, and I found a Tiger which is a great shop selling Ikea type stationary, craft stuff etc etc- I was well pleased! We went to the castle for an hour bite size ticket £2.00 & spent all that time looking at The Iron Age /Icene gallery. We had run out of time & not seen a fraction of what it had to offer- so planned a further visit on the Thursday. We then went to Strangers Hall, which is a Jacobean house, wonderfully laid out in different periods.

We had already booked to see a play at the Theatre Royal on the Wednesday night- 'Rebecca', which proved to be funny, well acted and sad all at the same time.

Thursday, more shops, a trip on the tourist bus (which we should have done on the Wednesday) Another visit to the castle and loads on walking. We had also booked to see A walk in the Woods at the cinema- which is brilliant, followed by a great meal in one of Norwich's side streets.

I have never seen so many listed and old buildings in one place, and would recommend everyone to visit the place.

Below are some photos to wet your appetite.