It’s Tigger’s birthday today: happy birthday, Tigger!

Sunshine on the Wensum

We return to London this afternoon. We have vacated our apartment but left our cases there in the meantime.

St Michael-at-Plea

We walked into town and photographed the Church of St Michael-at-Plea with its unusually coloured clock face.

London Street

We walked along this thoroughfare which is called London Street, reminding us where we are going later!

Imposing building

At the end of London Street stands this imposing building. It’s currently a club and I don’t know its original purpose.

In the bookshop

We visited a bookshop, looking for a particular book that Tigger wants but without finding it.

Costa Coffee
Photo by Tigger

We found a branch of Costa and…

Breakfast

…went in to have breakfast.

Book department, Jarrold’s

We visited Jarrold’s store and went up to the book department where Tigger found, and bought, the book she wanted.

The Market

We explored the market which consists, not of stalls but built shops. Walking down the aisles gives an enclosed feeling.

Castle Mall

We passed through the Castle Mall in order to reach the castle.

The castle on its hill

Our way led through gardens with an upward sloping path. It looked as if it was going to be a climb but, fortunately, there is a lift for the last part.

Castle museum and cafe

The castle is closed at present (we knew this) but we visited the museum and cafe. We had Lipton Ice, the first for a long time. It reminded me of our last trip to Brussels where we drank it. When, I wonder, will we ever go there again?

Unpromising-looking building

Our next port of call was this unpromising-looking building. Why would we come here? A clue it at the top of the building on the left.

Roof Garden Restaurant

On the roof is a cafe restaurant called Roof Garden. A friend had sent us a voucher giving us a reduction on the bill.

Dessert and coffee
Photo by Tigger

We had a dessert and a coffee each.

A view from the roof

This is a view from the rooftop cafe, not very good because it had to be taken through the glass safety screen which was not very clean.

Cathedral Gate

We had some time to spare before our train at 3 pm and so we went a roundabout way to our apartment to collect our cases. We went through the precinct of the cathedral which has this impressive gate.

A view of the Cathedral

The cathedral precinct is extensive and includes houses and a school. The land reaches down to the river, on the other side of which was our apartment and baggage.

A view from the bench

It was a longish walk and we rested for a while on a bench with this view.

Pull’s Ferry

This building, commonly known as Pull’s Ferry after John Pull who operated a ferry here from 1796 to 1841, is a 15th-century watergate.

A view from the bridge

We crossed the river by Bishop Bridge (built 1340) and then walked along “our” road to our, now old, apartment.

Last view of Norwich Station

Reunited with our baggage, we made for the station which I photographed for the last time, at least, on this trip.

AMT Coffee

We still had some time in hand and so went to have coffee at AMT.

Bye bye, Norwich

When 3 pm approached, we boarded our train and bade farewell to Norwich for this time.

Crossing the Stour
Photo by Tigger

We crossed the River Stour and…

A distant view of Jumbo
Photo by Tigger

…had a distant view of Jumbo, the famous water tower in Colchester.

Liverpool Street Station

The train arrived at Liverpool Street Station at last. The rush hour was already underway and we knew that many buses would be crowded – a nuisance when you have baggage.

Aboard the 153

We therefore went for a 153 as this route is usually less crowded. It worked: we and our baggage were comfortably accommodated for the ride home, bringing our expedition to a happy conclusion!