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Start: Norwich bus station (NR1 3GX) Grid ref. TG 229 080
(S) From Norwich bus station, leave via the steps onto Queens Road, turn left and follow the road ignoring all turn-offs. After half a mile the road starts to descend down Bracendale. Keep on the left side of the road. Go straight over at the junction with the traffic lights then continue straight ahead at the roundabout.
(1) Proceed over the railway bridge and continue in Trowse village. At the church bear to the right. Soon after, on the right is a park area. Diagonally cut across (South-East) this to join the road follows the perimeter. Keep to this road, under the flyover and then beyond the substation. There is a footpath waymarker on the right to cut across the meadow which emerges onto Stoke Road.
(2) Turn left and follow the road to the bridge over the A47 dual carriageway. Immediately after take the turn on the left then follow the footpath sign on the right. This leads across the fields and skirts around a chalk pit bordered with trees. Follow the path until it turns left along a field boundary.
(3) This is where we diverge from the official route and instead turn right and follow a footpath down to the road. Turn left onto the road and follow this through Caister St Edmund. As the road bears round to the left, the ruins of Venta Icenorum are on the right.
(4) Leave the ruins by the church where there is a small car park. Cross the road and once again the route joins the Boudicca Way.
(5) Turn left at the first junction and continue up the road for 1.3 miles. There is a sharp bend to the right and the road meets the Upper Stoke crossroads. Go straight ahead and continue for 1 mile until Abbotts Farm is on the right.
(6) Take the track through the farm and follow this around a double bend. Take the left where another track leads across the fields. This emerges onto a track known as Naidens Lane.
(7) Turn right and follow this down to the road. Turn left to visit Shotesham All Saints. The pub is on the left and the church is straight ahead. Return back the way one came into the village and at the first junction turn left. Keep straight ahead following the lead of the road. A junction comes in from the left, then the road bends around to the right and meets another road. Continue straight ahead.
(8) At the first junction bear round to the left. At the next junction turn left then take the road immediately on the right. At the next junction turn right and this road takes one down to Shotesham Mill and the broad ford.
(9) There is a walkway across the river and the road rises out of the valley and up to the A140. Turn right and continue along the road up to Swainsthorpe. On the right will be the Sugar Beet pub and just beyond is the bus stop. Note that this is a very busy thoroughfare and care should be taken in crossing this. (E)
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