Day 10

20 02 2011

Dance day 6
Risby - Thetford

The hopes for me walking today are gone as soon as I put on my boot. Damnit!
We eat breakfast together and again it is time to say goodbye to my cohortd until the evening. I sit and chat with Ann and her Kiwi husband Paul for an hour or two. Ann, very kindly has offered to give me a lift onto Thetford, which is so very appreciated. Again I take on all the luggage to the next hotel. All I can do now is try and make the rest of the trip as easy as possible for the others.
I try to find somewhere to use the internet in Thetford, but alas it is Sunday and the town sleeps. I decide to take a walk around the beautiful Medieval Priory ruins. I scope out the town for somewhere for us to go later and happen upon a cool looking restaurant on a boat.
The guys arrive early and eveyone rests up for a couple of hours before heading out for food. We all decide upon the boat restaurant. Greaty choice! The atmosphere in the place is electric and the food is amazing. We drink, perhaps a little more than we should, but was well worth it. We head back to the hotel to bed.
(Adam)

Well, I've just finished the best salad I've ever eaten aboard a boat on the Thetford canal! The boat is full of rowdy Lithuanians and it rocks (not literally!) My body is very glad of the sustinance as today was another hard day. Myself and Tom left the White Horse at around 10 o'clock waved off by Ann and her team. Ann is the owner of the White Horse and is a  pretty cool lady, she fed us well and has the comfiest beds we've slept in so far!
Unfortunately the good times ended there.
I fell off my unicycle twice today (smooth) and rode along the worst road of the trip. It was a 5 mile stretch through a forest with cars constantly going back and forth - not nice! There was a small prize though with beautiful ladies and lovely cake at a very posh cafe/restaurant/garden centre. The lovely girls there aloowed me and Tom to scruff up the place for 40 inutes and get some well deserved rest.
After the sleep we made some excellent time and caned the last 3 miles. It was nice to arrive at the hotel with daylight still on the go. So now I sit with a nice glass of red in a great atmosphere dreading the ride tomorrow - 22 miles - wish my nuts good luck!!!!
xxxx
(Jamie)

Today I didn't stick anything to my hat, I was so tired, I completely forgot. I didn't want ot get out of bed today but my spirits were roused once again by chatting to Ann, the landlady at breakfast.
I was only 2 miles down the road and ready to give in, or at least hide in a pub for an hour or two and maybe catch a few more winks, but no joy. Today there were no pubs we danced past, just a long slog through Elveden forest. No path to dance on and not uch support from the passing cars. The promise of a pub at the Elveden crossroads spurred me on but when we got there we found it was closed for refurbishments, luckily though, there's a lovely little cafe and deli hidden in the forest if you can find it. All the girls that work there are pretty and the cake tastes outstanding! I managed to shut my eyes for 20 minutes and then broke out the Korean ginseng tea. Somehow it all did the job and I danced the last few miles into Thetford at lightening pace and with a huge smile on my face. It seemed as though almost every car on the A11 beeped or waved to me, each beep of the horn making me dance a little harder.
I was joined on the outskirts of Thetford by a group of Litunanian kids, who danced with me to our accomodation, The Bell Inn Hotel! Not only was the room of high standard but the manager offered us a discount on account of our adventure being a fundraiser. Thumbs up for The Bell Inn!
Sat on the bed in two minds whether to get an early night or get some food and check out Thetford with the boys. We hit the town and it turns out to be the right choice when we find a Lituanian riverboat restaurant and have the best meal of the trip, not to mention the beautiful waitress's!
The Lituanian football team Labas are out celebrating despite their loss and make friends with their coach Vitalius.
(Tom)

http://www.bellinn-thetford.co.uk/