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More great shots from Norwich! Your lunch looks delish! Sorry about not being able to find a mooring near your dinner reservation! Kudos to Mark for going down that narrow broad and then mooring it by himself!
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Lunch looked amazing and definitely a great value as it seems you had more than enough food. I really loved all the pictures from Norwich, looks like such a wonderful place to visit.
Lunch looked amazing and definitely a great value as it seems you had more than enough food. I really loved all the pictures from Norwich, looks like such a wonderful place to visit.
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I was getting concerned that you all were going to be drifting along the broads all night. Thank goodness you found a spot, and awesome work mooring it, Mark!
I was getting concerned that you all were going to be drifting along the broads all night. Thank goodness you found a spot, and awesome work mooring it, Mark!
Now earlier Mark said that he thought he’d heard mooing come from a field nearby, so when we got off the boat, he headed out in search of cows, while I disposed of some of our rubbish, and he found… Highland coos! Oh my goodness, they were so cute!
As we stood there watching them, me through the viewfinder of my camera on 50 times zoom, the farmer showed up on his quad bike, and I was fascinated to see the interaction with them.
Eventually, we had to tear ourselves away from them and head over to enjoy dinner for the night here…
When we walked in, it was a case of “sit anywhere you like” in the nicest possible way – it certainly wasn’t busy in here. By the way, I had earlier called the original restaurant we’d booked at to let them know that we wouldn’t be coming due to a lack of mooring. She sounded really surprised, so I guess we really were out of luck.
Looking at our boat from the window by our table
Mark was happy, as they were showing the tail end of the under 21s game involving Liverpool, who are his team, although I was very glad it was just about over, as otherwise I knew that I wouldn’t have any attention from him all night!
For appetiser, I decided to go for the New Inn prawn medley, cray fish tails, rockette, tomato salsa, bloody Mary seafood sauce, and bread, and look at what turned up!
While the presentation was amazing, I have to say I wasn’t overly impressed with the dish itself, but that was more to do with the fact that it was too spicy for my taste.
Mark had the half rack of BBQ pork ribs (yes, it is get at Piglet weekend ) with coleslaw and skinny fries.
For entrée, I decided to get an appetiser sized version of the entrée of homemade salmon and haddock Thai scented fishcakes with salad, sweet potato chips (in fairness, what sold it to me, as I love sweet potato chips) and lemon crème fraiche. I was glad I only got an appetizer sized portion, as it was just the right size for me, but like the appetizer, it was also a bit on the spicy side, so I was glad I had the lemon crème fraiche to take the edge off it. The sweet potato chips were superb, and well worth getting the fish just for those.
Mark got the 8oz sirloin with vine tomatoes, field mushrooms, garden peas and chunky chips. I did ask him how he could do that, given the Highland coos we’d been to see just before dinner.
I’d also deliberately got an appetizer portion for entrée, so that I’d have enough room for dessert, as I’d had my eye on the chocolate profiterole gateau with strawberry sauce and chocolate ice cream. While this was very nice, in the nicest possible way, I could tell that this was something that they’d brought in, rather than made. I’m glad they had some fresh strawberries with it, as they helped to take away from the richness of the dish.
Mark went for the salted caramel cheesecake, with raspberry sauce and fresh local strawberries.
We had some good service, but then again, until quite late in our meal, we were about the only ones eating, so you’d expect no less. The bill came to £52 for the two of us – are you seeing a pattern here? I told you that £50 was about the average for dinner out these days…
New Inn
Appetiser 7½ 8
Entrée 8½ 9
Dessert 8 9
Service 8 9
Atmosphere 8 8½
Value for money 8½ 8½
Average score: 8.38
I left Mark to settle up the check, as I wanted to pop over and see my Highland coos again, and wish them good night. They all seemed safe and sound, so I was able to head back to the boat safe in that knowledge.
Mark was just coming out of the pub as I walked past, which is what I call good timing. My goodness, the water level had already dropped considerably in the short time since we’d left the boat, and it was now quite the step down – not easy after having consumed a bottle of wine between us earlier in the evening on board the boat.
We spent the next couple of hours listening to music, before hitting the sack, ready for an early start the next morning, when we’d be returning the boat to the boatyard.
The weather today was dry and sunny with some cloud and temperatures in the low 60s. The best thing today was visiting Norwich Cathedral. The worst thing today was not being able to find mooring at Brammerton, where we’d planned to have dinner. Today we tried visiting Norwich And the result was it’s a lovely city and I’m so glad we finally got to visit it. The most magical moment today was seeing the Highland coos.
Highland cows in the lowland! I love that the farmer was taking photos too. So cute!
Dinner turned out pretty decent, given it wasn't what you originally had in mind. The desserts sure looked delicious.
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Sorry about not being able to find a mooring near your dinner reservation! 
Kudos to Mark for going down that narrow broad and then mooring it by himself! 
You'll find out more in the morning... 
I told you that £50 was about the average for dinner out these days… 
They all seemed safe and sound, so I was able to head back to the boat safe in that knowledge. 
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