Thursday 20 August 2009

Holiday in Norfolk - Day 5, Part 2

We drove to a restaurant by one of the nearby Broads (you could see our local wind turbine on the far side from the restaurant). The nature of countryside roads meant a lengthy cross country trip instead of a few miles as the crow flies.

Filby Bridge Restaurant is not to be missed if you are in the Great Yarmouth area. An idyllic setting by the water the atmosphere is unhurried and the food is absolutely superb.

 
Looking out of the water just before sunset

 
Restaurant by night
Going home my mother decided rather than return the way we had come to take the 'alternative route'. This elicited gloomy prophecies of round trips to Norfolk from my father... and indeed we did take a few 'diversions' on our way. "Don't worry" said my mother at one point (after nearly taking us down a cul-de-sac, "I'll get us home". "Which home?" asked my father, "back to Kent?".