{"id":11676,"date":"2018-07-08T06:28:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T06:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=11676"},"modified":"2019-05-27T06:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:57:55","slug":"the-reedcutter-england-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=11676","title":{"rendered":"The Reedcutter, England 2018 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:  7th July 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled:  124 kilometres from Newmarket to Cantley both in England.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Norwich, via park-n-ride \u00a32.50pp return.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed:  The Reedcutter (pub) at Cantley, free. Proper service point. N52.57646, E01.51462<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our overnight park in Newmarket proved to be a bit noisy, not unsafe, but noisy.  Just people coming and going in the early hours, chatting away as you do when you have had a drink or two.  It was free and convenient so you have to take the good with the bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway we have no plans for Newmarket and continue our journey east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On our way out of Newmarket. Newmarket is a famous horse breading and training town. There are special crossing on the roads for horses.  As it\u2019s early there are horses everywhere.  Doncaster the famous race track is just up the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We are soon on the A11 for Thetford, dropping in to the TNT office there to pick up a package and continuing on to Norwich.  The english school holidays havn\u2019t started yet, but the weekend traffic is very busy.  Norwich is a small city and parking is very limited, so we head straight for the park-n-ride at Postwick on the eastern side of the city.  We slide the Hymer into a safe spot and pay our \u00a32.50pp return ticket and jump on the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Norwich\u2019s most stunning landmark is its Cathedral.  So we follow the signs…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The amazing Ethelbert Gate named after Saint Ethelbert obviously, is the entry to the cathedral grounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The cathedral is certainly an imposing building. According to the blurb, second only to Salisbury for the height of itS spire with the largest cloisters in the UK. Behind Pam the visitors centre has been built over the abbey ruins.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Looking up the nave towards the pulpitum, its length and height are stunning.  We were told there is a wedding taking place but we haven\u2019t seen or heard it, so far.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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There is an angled mirror on a trolley allowing visitors the opportunity to take in the details of the finely vaulted ceilings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Taking in the scenes depicted in the stained glass windows makes the visit even more enjoyable.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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At the end of the northern crossover, the tomb of some long forgotten Bishop.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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