CHURCH STREET, CROMER 327 BLAKENEY, A CHARACTERISTIC LANDSCAPE 335 WALSINGHAM PRIORY 342 HEATH, NEAR SANDRINGHAM 382 BLICKLING HALL 384 PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS Few practical suggestions are needed by the motorist in East Anglia--a district not presenting many difficulties. Those which are deemed necessary are here prefixed to the whole body of the text. ABBREVIATIONS R. signifies that there is a garage capable of doing moderate repairs. R. A. signifies that the facilities for repair are abundant. P. signifies that petrol can be purchased, but it has not been considered needful to state this where the existence of a garage renders a supply of petrol certain. CHAPTER I CAMBRIDGE, NEWMARKET, BURY, AND IPSWICH ROADS Cambridge to Newmarket, mostly flat--not good. Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds, fair. Bury St. Edmunds to Ipswich, poor and very sinuous. HILLS A sharp rise to Newmarket. Some small ups and downs between Newmarket and Bury St. Edmunds. Some small ups and downs between Ipswich and Stowmarket. DISTANCES Cambridge (R.A.)to Newmarket (R.), 13-1/4. Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds (R.), 14. Bury St. Edmunds viâ Stowmarket (R.), to Ipswich (R.A.), 25-1/2. _N.B._--_Great care is necessary in driving through Ipswich, owing to narrow streets and fast tramcars._ CHAPTER II IPSWICH TO NORWICH, VIA BECCLES, LOWESTOFT, AND YARMOUTH ROADS Fair to Blythburgh, poor thence to Beccles, fair for rest of journey. HILL A sharp ascent on leaving Ipswich. DISTANCES Ipswich to Woodbridge (R.), 8. Woodbridge to Wickham Market (R.), 4-3/4. Wickham Market to Saxmundham (R.), 8. _Détour_ to Aldeburgh recommended. Turn to right at Farnham, 2 short of Saxmundham. To Aldeburgh (R.), 7. Rejoin Blythburgh road at Yoxford. Yoxford from Aldeburgh, 9. From Saxmundham, 3-1/2. Saxmundham to Yoxford, 3-1/2. Yoxford, viâ Darsham to Blythburgh, 3-3/4. _Détour_ to Southwold (R.), 6 advised. Return same route of going to Beccles, or by Reydon, Wangford and Blyford, and then to Beccles road, thus adding 4-1/4 in all. Blythburgh to Beccles (R. A.), 9. Beccles to Lowestoft (R. A.), 10. Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth (R. A.), 10. Great Yarmouth to Norwich (R. A.), direct route 19-1/2. CHAPTER III NORWICH TO LONDON BY ROMAN ROAD ROADS The surface is reasonably good, and the milestones are legible so long as the road is in Norfolk. On entering Suffolk the milestones are often found illegible, and the surface of the road becomes noticeably worse. The main road from Colchester to London, viâ the East End of London, is of fairly good quality, but traffic is very troublesome during the later part.