A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

It's time for another pub walk, and this time we decide to head over to Diss. The route starts with a walk to the Crossways at Scole for a quick beer, and then continues via Miller's Lane - a path just off the Scole Bypass that had been seen on a summer BSCC bike ride, thanks to Gaz's off-road route. That joins up to the path past Frenze Hall - where we stop to explore the 13th-century church of St. Andrew - which then joins up with Sandy Lane for a short walk down to Ampersand. After a couple of beers there, we walk out behind the golf club to cross what used to be farmland and which is now an extension of the golf course to cross the A143. Then it's the path behind All Saints at Stuston and the fields up beside the B1077 to Brome. All in all, it's a nice varied walk of about eight miles.

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The leaves have nearly gone on the Oaksmere's drive, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The leaves have nearly gone on the Oaksmere's drive

We're on the path beyond Warren Hills, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

We're on the path beyond Warren Hills

We walk around the gate on the path, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

We walk around the gate on the path

The map is checked on Scole Bridge, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The map is checked on Scole Bridge

We stop off at Scole Crossways for a quick drink, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

We stop off at Scole Crossways for a quick drink

Isobel in Scole Crossways, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Isobel in Scole Crossways

There's a coaching arch near the Scole Inn, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

There's a coaching arch near the Scole Inn

A stone commemorates MP John Macgregor , A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

A stone commemorates MP John Macgregor

We walk up the path by the Scole bypass, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

We walk up the path by the Scole bypass

Miller's Lane turns out to be a nice walk , A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Miller's Lane turns out to be a nice walk

Isobel on an autumnal Miller's Lane, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Isobel on an autumnal Miller's Lane

High voltage wires are back-lit, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

High voltage wires are back-lit

A pair of trees in a field, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

A pair of trees in a field

Dead tree branches, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Dead tree branches

Diss Business Centre on Dark Lane, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Diss Business Centre on Dark Lane

Derelict buildings on the way to Frenze Hall, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Derelict buildings on the way to Frenze Hall

More derelict buildings opposite Frenze Hall, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

More derelict buildings opposite Frenze Hall

Tumble-down farm buildings, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Tumble-down farm buildings

Isobel wanders off to the church, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Isobel wanders off to the church

St. Andrew's Church in Frenze, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

St. Andrew's Church in Frenze

Some very primitive pews in St. Andrew's, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Some very primitive pews in St. Andrew's

A curious fancy wooden cage in the church, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

A curious fancy wooden cage in the church

Some pieces of mediaeval glass in the windows, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Some pieces of mediaeval glass in the windows

A mediaeval floor brass, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

A mediaeval floor brass

Another mediaeval floor brass with crests, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Another mediaeval floor brass with crests

The relics of Richard Nixon, not the POTUS, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The relics of Richard Nixon, not the POTUS

An impressive covered pulpit, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

An impressive covered pulpit

Some other mediaeval artefact, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Some other mediaeval artefact

The church of St. Andrew in Frenze, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The church of St. Andrew in Frenze

We're walking on a bit of Boudicca Way, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

We're walking on a bit of Boudicca Way

Frenze Beck and the footbridge over it, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Frenze Beck and the footbridge over it

The ford over Frenze Beck, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The ford over Frenze Beck

The sun shines through the trees near Frenze Beck, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The sun shines through the trees near Frenze Beck

A somewhat-redundant car park barrier, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

A somewhat-redundant car park barrier

Random metalwork at Anglia Grain, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Random metalwork at Anglia Grain

The Seilf Emit clock is still there, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The Seilf Emit clock is still there

Isobel's at the bar in Ampersand's Tap Room, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Isobel's at the bar in Ampersand's Tap Room

Some sort of test brewing is underway, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Some sort of test brewing is underway

Isobel at Ampersand Tap, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Isobel at Ampersand Tap

We cross the A143 by the golf course, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

We cross the A143 by the golf course

The Stuston bypass, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The Stuston bypass

The red K6 phonebox stands out in Stuston, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The red K6 phonebox stands out in Stuston

Isobel scans a QR code on a sign, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Isobel scans a QR code on a sign

All Saints Church in Stuston, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

All Saints Church in Stuston

Deep drainage ditches in a field, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Deep drainage ditches in a field

Pylons stride across the land near Brome, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

Pylons stride across the land near Brome

The Devil's Handbasin garage, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

The Devil's Handbasin garage

A carpet of golden leaves at the Oaksmere, A Pub Walk to Ampersand, Diss, Norfolk - 17th November 2024

A carpet of golden leaves at the Oaksmere

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The leaves have nearly gone on the Oaksmere's drive

The leaves have nearly gone on the Oaksmere's drive

We're on the path beyond Warren Hills

We walk around the gate on the path

The map is checked on Scole Bridge

We stop off at Scole Crossways for a quick drink

Isobel in Scole Crossways

There's a coaching arch near the Scole Inn

A stone commemorates MP John Macgregor

We walk up the path by the Scole bypass

Miller's Lane turns out to be a nice walk

Isobel on an autumnal Miller's Lane

High voltage wires are back-lit

A pair of trees in a field

Dead tree branches

Diss Business Centre on Dark Lane

Derelict buildings on the way to Frenze Hall

More derelict buildings opposite Frenze Hall

Tumble-down farm buildings

Isobel wanders off to the church

St. Andrew's Church in Frenze

Some very primitive pews in St. Andrew's

A curious fancy wooden cage in the church

Some pieces of mediaeval glass in the windows

A mediaeval floor brass

Another mediaeval floor brass with crests

The relics of Richard Nixon, not the POTUS

An impressive covered pulpit

Some other mediaeval artefact

The church of St. Andrew in Frenze

We're walking on a bit of Boudicca Way

Frenze Beck and the footbridge over it

The ford over Frenze Beck

The sun shines through the trees near Frenze Beck

A somewhat-redundant car park barrier

Random metalwork at Anglia Grain

The Seilf Emit clock is still there

Isobel's at the bar in Ampersand's Tap Room

Some sort of test brewing is underway

Isobel at Ampersand Tap

We cross the A143 by the golf course

The Stuston bypass

The red K6 phonebox stands out in Stuston

Isobel scans a QR code on a sign

All Saints Church in Stuston

Deep drainage ditches in a field

Pylons stride across the land near Brome

The Devil's Handbasin garage

A carpet of golden leaves at the Oaksmere