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TO VISIT OR NOT TO VISIT.....THAT IS THE QUESTION

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So, we were off to Norfolk. This was planned by Pierrette during my brief stay in Meldreth. I had heard a lot about the region from Borgy over the years but still was not exactly sure where it was situated. My sense of geography has not improved with age.  

Up we were and although the day was not exactly springtime, Pierrette and I went off in her car to the "park and drive" where would take the bus to Norwich, the capital, an hour and a half away. Certainly better than taking the car and even more so as the bus terminal was in the centre of town. 

We were informed to go out and queue ten minutes before the bus arrived. Just behind another couple and in seconds there was a crown behind us. I was somewhat surprised that so many people could be going to the same place. The bus arrived - we moved forward - and then without opening the doors, without even a glimpse of the driver, the bus drove off. We were both thunderstruck. Yelling at the top of our voices « we’re here, we’