Posted by Peter Roche on July 22, 2006 at 15:52:48 from 62.253.128.12 user badboy.
In Reply to: Re: Travelling in Britain posted by Ross Cossar on July 22, 2006 at 14:17:37:
Ross; according the AA Travel page Pin Mill to Horning is 65 miles and takes 1 hour 50 minutes to drive. As I regularly travel this area I would agree with the AA's assessment. Yesterday for example I left home (Brandon) at 0830 and drove via Diss, Bungay, Halesworth - where I stopped for lunch - Leiston, Marlesford, Needham Market, Lavenham and back to Brandon, completing five home visits in the day and arriving home at 1810. It's not a difficult area to drive around, there being a mixture of dual carriegeway and A, B and minor roads.
You would have a choice of routes from Pin Mill to Horning; A14, A140, through Norwich with its ancient castle or round the Norwich Outer Ring road. Alternatively, and a much more picturesque route, you could drive via the A12 to Lowestoft popping in to see what's left of the fish market, not much I'm afraid, and on through or round Great Yarmouth. The advantage of driving round Great Yarmoth is that you drive over the fairly new Breydon Bridge and get a glimpse of Breydon Water. The added advantage of driving via Great Yarmouth is you can drive on to Potter Heigham, don't follow the Potter Heigham by pass which follows the route of the old railway line - but turn-off into Potter Heigham over the medieval bridge -don't forget to stop and see how little room there is under the bridge - onto and over Ludham Bridge and Ludham village and then only a few miles to Horning. If you turn to approach Horning via a little track just past Horning Hall Farm, where we held the 1997 AGM, you'll drive the entire length of Horning's main street. If you turn off left opposite Bramble Cottage and drive along the Staithe - where you may park - you'll get a good look at the River Bure, on past The Swan bear left and left again at the top of the hill and you're back on the road to Wroxham with its many boatyards and Roys of Wroxham, the largest village store in the world.