Stone Damage

We were able to set off early because our bags we had packed the day before and dined with family, leaving us with very few last minute jobs to do. As we were leaving Telford we heard a loud noise on the car windscreen, a lorry had kicked up a stone.

We stopped at Corley services for a break and a refreshing drink, then continued on our journey stopping again at Cambridge services where we purchased sandwiches and a drink from M&S. Mr C chose to eat his outside in the humid, hot sunshine whilst I retreated to the relative coolness of the car. Whilst travelling between the two service stations Mr C noticed a crack in the windscreen leading from the point where that stone had impacted.

Reception

We arrived at our hotel, The Old Rectory, Crostwick before the check in time. We sat deliberating whether to go into Norwich and what to do about the windscreen. As we did so I could see the crack slowly growing. We decided to check in early, then Mr C started the painful process of trying to book an appointment slot with Autoglass. The site doesn’t give an option to phone up, a painful online process has to be endured. The room was rather hot so I went outside to explore the hotel garden, taking advantage of one of the benches. This allowed Mr C to relax after the annoying process, although he didn’t get a phone call he expected from Autoglass confirming the appointment.

Garden Terrace

After all the excitement, we chose to have a relaxing drink on the hotel terrace before freshening up for dinner in the hotel. The food was good and honest rather than ‘fine dining’. Comfortably replete we returned to the terrace to enjoy the cool night air. There was a large party already there, which we learned was a birthday gathering for a 96 year old lady. We got chatting to her and one of her sons as they passed by our table. She is quite a character and enjoys the fact that she is the same age as The Queen.

6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2022

6 Responses to “Norfolk – Day One”

  1. Looks a lovely, comfy hotel and how great to have met this lady!

  2. I hope you had a wonderful time in Norfolk!
    I love both Norfolk and Suffolk very much.
    Suffolk has some of the best coastal towns in England.
    I mean, if you exclude Cornwall. Ha ;)