The Angles Way
Day 1 -
Great Yarmouth to Somerleyton
The first day of the Great Norfolk Walk, through the suburbs of
Great Yarmouth and the banks of Breydon Water, via the Roman Fort of
Burgh Castle, to the village of Somerleyton.
Day 2 -
Somerleyton to Beccles
Second day of the walk along the flat mashes of the River Waveney
valley to the market town of Beccles.
Day 3
Beccles to Homersfield
From Beccles I followed the meandering course of the Waveney around
the town of Bungay, criss-crossing the river until the
darkness stopped me at the village of Homersfield.
Day 4
Homersfield to Harleston
A short walk to the market town of Harleston as I wanted to spend
the rest of the day with my wife and son.
Day 5 -
Harleston to Thelnetham
A great big walk via my ancestral home town of Diss, with its
mysterious mere, into the land of the fens. Then on to the
village of Thelnetham with its splendid White Horse pub.
Day 6,
Part 1 - Thelnetham to Knettishall Heath
The end of the 78 miles of the Angles Way at Knettishall Heath
The Peddars Way
Day 6,
Part 2 - Knettishall Heath to Thompson
The start of a new path the Peddars Way, that follows the straight
course, more or less, of a Roman Road, for 48 miles to
Holme-Next-the-Sea.
Day 7 -
Thompson to the A47
From the village of Thompson, the home of the Great Eastern Pingo
Trail to the east - west trunk road of Norfolk, the A47. Via
Little Cressingham and North Pickenham. Then into a soggy
Swaffham.
Day 8 -
The A47 to Harpley
A wet walk from the roadside of the A47 through the historic village
of Castle Acre onto the very straight section of the old Roman road.
Day 9 -
Harpley Dams to Thornham
From the aquatic sheep through misty barrows to the sandy dunes of
Holme-next-the-Sea. Then the first leg of the Norfolk Coastal
Path to Thornham.
The Norfolk Coastal Path
Day 10 -
Thornham to Stiffkey
Along the North Norfolk Coast past the Burnhams, including the
birthplace of Nelson, and the silty ports of Wells-next-the-Sea to
Stiffkey, the home of Stewkey Blues, a naughty vicar and a gunsight.
Day 11 -
Stiffkey to Cromer
A return to the village of Stiffkey and a walk beside the nearby
sea-marshes to the neighbouring villages of Blakeney and Cley.
Then along the great shingle bank to Weybourne. From Weybourne
the landscape changes from the soft accumulations of mud and sand,
of the North Norfolk coast, to the undulating broken shore of cliffs
of the North-East Norfolk coastline crumbling into the sea.
With a walk through the town of Sheringham and a climb up Beeston
Bump, and to the giddy heights of Roman Camp, then down into Cromer
with its pier.
The Weavers' Way
Day 12 -
Cromer to North Walsham
The start of the Weaver's Way. From the town
of tasty crabs and the heroic Coxswain Blogg out into the arable
fields of the countryside the way weaves its path through the local
villages passing a couple of stately homes, Felbrigg and Blickling
Halls. Finishing in the market town of North Walsham.
Day 13 -
North Walsham to Hickling
From a town built on the success of the wool trade out into the
meandering paths of the Norfolk Broads. Through driving rain
to the Greyhound in the broads village of Hickling.
Day 14 -
Hickling to Great Yarmouth
The final leg of the Great Norfolk Walk; from the Broadland village
of Hickling along the convoluted courses of the Rivers Thurne, Bure
and Yare. Over the flat marshes back to the starting point in
Great Yarmouth and the end of the walk.