First trip to East Anglia next week any fun roads?
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I was brought up 4 miles away from Thelnetham.
The A1066 from Thetford to Diss is a nice, fast road with some quick, sweeping bends but has reasonably heavily traffic and us firmly policed. Getting up into the Thetford forest can be good fun - take the road from Thetford to Mumford and then up towards Kings Lynn through Northwood and try the Harling Speed Straight between Rushford and East Harling.
The Bury At Edmunds to Sudbury road is also a nice one but, again, busy. You can take in the lovely villages of Long Melford and Lavenham en route but be aware that both Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds are dull, unattractive little towns with not much to commend them
The A1066 from Thetford to Diss is a nice, fast road with some quick, sweeping bends but has reasonably heavily traffic and us firmly policed. Getting up into the Thetford forest can be good fun - take the road from Thetford to Mumford and then up towards Kings Lynn through Northwood and try the Harling Speed Straight between Rushford and East Harling.
The Bury At Edmunds to Sudbury road is also a nice one but, again, busy. You can take in the lovely villages of Long Melford and Lavenham en route but be aware that both Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds are dull, unattractive little towns with not much to commend them
ClaphamGT3 said:
I was brought up 4 miles away from Thelnetham.
The A1066 from Thetford to Diss is a nice, fast road with some quick, sweeping bends but has reasonably heavily traffic and us firmly policed. Getting up into the Thetford forest can be good fun - take the road from Thetford to Mumford and then up towards Kings Lynn through Northwood and try the Harling Speed Straight between Rushford and East Harling.
The Bury At Edmunds to Sudbury road is also a nice one but, again, busy. You can take in the lovely villages of Long Melford and Lavenham en route but be aware that both Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds are dull, unattractive little towns with not much to commend them
cheers will have a look at these this afternoon The A1066 from Thetford to Diss is a nice, fast road with some quick, sweeping bends but has reasonably heavily traffic and us firmly policed. Getting up into the Thetford forest can be good fun - take the road from Thetford to Mumford and then up towards Kings Lynn through Northwood and try the Harling Speed Straight between Rushford and East Harling.
The Bury At Edmunds to Sudbury road is also a nice one but, again, busy. You can take in the lovely villages of Long Melford and Lavenham en route but be aware that both Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds are dull, unattractive little towns with not much to commend them
can get on some bits of it,most of it is bloked off now, dont be racing about like a c0ck as theres security , have a gentle drive round at the speed limit and look at the control tower etc if you want , theres some planes you can see at their little museum too but its only open now n then , can see em though the fence though
Edited by steveo3002 on Monday 21st June 12:08
s70rmp said:
oh i do like a good old plane museum
do intend to go have have a sit a the Lakenheath viewing parking hoping to see some jets in action
yeah thats fun...they dont fly Friday afternoon or weekends so factor that in , Mildenhall nearby too, also a scrap yard that lets you roam if you like that kinda thing do intend to go have have a sit a the Lakenheath viewing parking hoping to see some jets in action
Ely isnt a bad place to visit too
Edited by steveo3002 on Monday 21st June 12:19
steveo3002 said:
yeah thats fun...they dont fly Friday afternoon or weekends so factor that in , Mildenhall nearby too, also a scrap yard that lets you roam if you like that kinda thing
Ely isnt a bad place to visit too
Cheers for that info I think that will be a mid week thing for us - get some butties and drinks and go and have a sit and relax and watch if anything happens it happens if not still a relaxing timeEly isnt a bad place to visit too
Edited by steveo3002 on Monday 21st June 12:19
Ely is on the plan to go to
Head the other way and go to Southwold on the Suffolk coast. Beautiful little town and the route over there from Thelnetham will take you through/past literally dozens of old WW2 airfields. From Southwold you can drop down to Woodbridge and Bentwaters then over the Orwell Bridge for a pub supper at the Butt and Oyster at Pin Mill. If the weather's good, I defy anyone to find a better spot for a bite of supper and an evening walk by the river
ClaphamGT3 said:
Head the other way and go to Southwold on the Suffolk coast. Beautiful little town and the route over there from Thelnetham will take you through/past literally dozens of old WW2 airfields. From Southwold you can drop down to Woodbridge and Bentwaters then over the Orwell Bridge for a pub supper at the Butt and Oyster at Pin Mill. If the weather's good, I defy anyone to find a better spot for a bite of supper and an evening walk by the river
I shall check this out, cheersGassing Station | Roads | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff