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We took
the Bramerton road off the A146, forked left along the
Surlingham Road and, just before Bramerton village turned
left along Mill Lane, signed Woods End. At the bottom,
on the right, is a lay-by car park facing the river.
Bramerton is three miles south-east of Norwich.
Although one path had not been reinstated, this was
quite a pleasant four-mile walk. From the car park we
walked southwards up Mill Hill, ignoring a path on the
left. At the T-junction we went right, then right again
into Easthill Lane. Further along we ignored a path
on the right along this narrow country lane, then, at
the T-junction, went right along another country lane.
At the bottom of the hill we went left over the stile
and crossed the meadow, going diagonally left aiming
for the far gap in the hedge.
Climbing the stile we went through the gap in the hedge
and crossed the next empty meadow going half right to
the end of the bank ahead and the yellow marker sign
beyond it. We crossed the grass track and continued
over the next field. As the farmer had not reinstated
the path we had to guess the route and walk across the
crop, which was quite high, to the corner of the far
hedge line with a yellow marker sign. On reaching it
we kept straight ahead down the field, aiming for the
finger-post, a large green container and a gate by the
hedge - once again guessing where the path should be,
as the correct route had not been marked out. Opening
the stiff gate we turned right along the pavement.
At the sign for the Sewage Works
we turned right. On the map this is marked as a bridleway
track, so the ugly concrete road came as a shock. No
doubt at weekends there will not be so much traffic
rolling along it either! At the finger-posts sign we
thankfully turned right through the gate, up a hill
on to a pleasant track! We kept along it to the gate
and turned left at the country lane. Ignoring a path
on the right we kept along this narrow lane as it wound
its way around to the river, with the Woods End Tavern
on the right, then continued along it back to the start
of the walk.
Map References OS Landranger
134, Outdoor Leisure 40: 294061, 296053, 282056, 283059,
276054, 273056, 278067, 284063, 289062, 294061
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