Norwich Road: at one end is a posh Waitrose, at the other end is an old prison all joined together with a cafe in both places making it a great place to explore. It was the first place I chose to walk along for varying distances when I started walking. It’s also my chosen route now as I’m desperately trying to get over severe pain in my leg and ankle, get fitter and lose weight again. It’s great walking that route regularly as I know just where I can pause with my camera taking pictures combined with resting that swollen thing I call a foot.

I’m 66 on the 12th of January and hopefully getting a state pension. I say hopefully getting a state pension as I’ve only just been told I’ve got to claim for it.

That sort of changes things for me, 66 is not only that name for an American highway, it’s that number that officially makes me old, knackered, unwanted, on the scrap heap. (Interestingly some ladies that were to retire at 60 shockingly now also retire at 66 as well! Don’t get me started on that one though.)

I could give up and invest in a mobility scooter, giving up on exercise altogether, but I’d just become a vegetable, so Norwich Road means a lot to me.

As long as I look for different views and angles of photographs I’ve never treated my eyeballs to before, the prettier it becomes. There is one view in particular I’ve tried to take for months but I’m still anxiously trying to collect its beauty. It's a small drain or stream hidden away between two properties, honestly it should be criminal hiding such lovelinesses away. The whole place is covered in such pleasures, there’s properties planted along both sides with such character it’s mind blowing. There’s obviously graded buildings planted there bringing heaps of history with them along with gardens to die for. There’s a brand new pad that’s erupted gorgeously into a place you’d think wasn’t possible as well.

Take another look, again slowly there’s smaller, might I say sexier cottages gathered in clumps which is strange as there’s so many businesses along the Norwich Road banks as well from a dentist to a toddlers group to a very well placed charity shop.

If you like a bit of history with your cup of tea and slice of cake, the Museum has it all in an ever changing environment, it works so well as it’s been used as a jail, a magistrate’s and, well… pay your money at the reception and find out yourselves. If you use the museum there’s huge potential around that part of town for some excellent building spotters and explorers, not just straight through and down to town either. Anyway that’s another story altogether.

I hope I’ve whetted your appetite for a slow thoughtful walk up and down that treasure trove you’ve probably used more than you realise. If you live or indeed work on this delightful main road, maybe take a real look around you, you are so lucky.