driving between Cromer and Wheathampstead

Mercdriver

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

A lovely drive that, not one to be doing Cromer bound on a Friday afternoon (where is in this overcrowded island?) nor Wheathamptstead bound on a Sunday afternoon either, but at sensible times not a bad journey.
4 hours is ludicrous you could probably cycle it in that time.

From Wheathampstead, via Kimpton, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston, Newmarket By-Pass, Mildenhall, Swaffham, Fakenham and on into Cromer.
Avoid Norwich like the plague, traffic nightmare round the Northern ring road section.
If you could face the A1M from Welwyn to Jct 9 Letchworth that would make the journey an awful lot better.

I don't blame you in the least avoiding motorways, its not so much the road its the clowns that infest them and the roadworks set out by jokers, its getting to the stage that the old roads are as easy and swift to travel, thankfully this is because modern drivers don't have a clue where they are going without the sat nav telling them, and sat navs don't yet come with an ''old road'' preference, hopefully they won't.

You can tell them to avoid motorways on just about any brand of GPS.

Piggywiggy

The problem with the North Norfolk area is that it takes ages to get anywhere, when you travel out if the county it is noticible just how much better the roads and trains are elsewhere. As for moving to Cromer I wouldn't, it's a rather grotty place.

babs98

I second that, avoid Norwich like the plague. Cromer is out on a limb, miles from anywhere. This time of year it's packed. The one-way system ensures the residents can't escape!

There is a misconception by people who haven't been to North Norfolk that it is an unspoilt coast where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the country and commune with nature on a deserted, sandy beach - it's not like that at all. The only place that's more crowded than the Cromer one-way system is the A149 up to Hunstanton.