Im having a road trip from sunny South Shields in the North East to Diss (Norfolk area) on Thursday to collect an exhaust for my bike, and i'm wondering what the best route to take is, once i come off the A1?

any helpful info gratefully accepted

 

A1 onto A14 then i goes into the A11

Stay on the A11 to Thetford, then you want to come off at the 3rd thetford roundabout. (3rd Exit) stay on that road for about 1mile across one big roundabout to next little roundabout which is signposted Diss 1st exit then stay on that for about 10 miles then you there.

 

Cheers Stu, i'll have the trusty Tom Tom in the car with me but that doesnt always take you the best route, getting a bit of local knowledge wouldnt be a bad thing.

 

that will most likely take you a14 all way to Bury St Edmunds and along the a134 which is a pain in the ass road BUT your on a motorbike so might be ok!

 

Dont know the road names but if you go to bury and turn off at the sugar factory and follow it to diss you cant go wrong, you tom tom will tell you the best way, mine dose, i done it loads of times coz i always miss the turning!

 

Stu - unfortunately im going to be travelling down in a car tomorrow so will be stuck in traffic if there is any

Cheers Ed... i'll bare that in mind

 

I'm off to Norwich on Friday aswell - but purely for the sake of it since rail travel is free

 

If i was at college i would demarnd you to come and show me your shiney BMW, but as its good friday i may be at home polishing mine

 

Ed - If I was going in the car then I would of happily dropped in and shown you the Big5

But since I am going on the train with a mate of mine just for the ride out then I won't be

 

That is a very strange thing to do isnt it?

 

Grace - you seriously just going for a train ride out?

 

fantastic city, you won't be dissappointed paul. have a good day

 

Maria - Yeah, me and one of my mate Leigh (who is training to be a driver at the moment) fancied a day out somewhere different - He has his qualifying rules in May and I have my bi-annual rules in September so we are using the ride there and back as an opportunity for revision aswell so killing 2 birds with one stone

And since its not costing us anything then why the hell not

 

Nice place to shop Norwich is Paul

Couple of nice shopping centres to look at only about a 5/10 min walk from the train station aswell

 

almost everyother shop has closed/is closing down tho, I could think of better things to do in Norwich than shop anyway, Like go down riverside and have a few beers in the sun!

 

Beers in the sun is one reason we are going, providing it is sunny

Last time I went to Norwich was about 12 years ago so can't really remember much about it

 

Indeed.. Can't beat a pint in the sun at the Weatherspoons!

Saying that a pint on the rear terrrace next to the river at the Rushcutter arms on Yarmouth road is simply unbeatable

 

It would have changed since you last went there then! there are more smack heads

Nah its a alright place, Riverside wont be hard to find from the train station, its right outside the exit and across the road!

 

SINSINS is a nice shop!!
It's worth a walk to either Castle Mall, or Chapelfield.
tabetha

 

Not sure where that is, Weatherspoons do a good meal deal, the glass house is the usal one i go to for lunch or the Bell, then on a night out its Lloyds!

 

That'll do me

 

The love store

 

cheers folks... i'll let you know how i get on!

Enjoy your train journey Gracey

 

How u get on?

 

Made it down and back alright

On the way down i was heading alongthe A14 and my satnav died had to take a bit of a detour to find a currys to buy an in car charger, sold out... tried to find another place and stumbled upon a halfords, which had one in stock... phew!

Made a mistake on the way home though and tried to go a more direct route along the A47, which ended up being slower than the A14/A11 combo was on the way down

Cheers for the help you lot

PS... whats going on with those tractors parked up along the side of the A47 as if theyre being shown off?

 

like said a14 deffo the faster route mind you it was shit all day today

 

were they old tractors? did you mean the a17? I took a ride to Cadwell today and saw them

 

Yeah they're the ones i meant, you're right it was the A17 and not the A47