It’s on the road to nowhere in a reliable wayWhat’s going for it? The great thing about Norfolk is that its not on the way to anywhere. This can present a problem when you have people to see,places to depart and single carriageways blocked by combine harvesters. On the plus side, like other spots on theway to nowhere (Humberside, or Lincolnshire,Cornwall et al), Norfolk accumulates all sorts of odd bits and bobs like a gigantic back-of-the-sofa – including fabulous places like Wymondham that are slightly disconnected from the rest of humanity but which might, or elsewhere,have succumbed to Starbucks, pulled pork pizzas and other contemporary ills. It has allowed the town to retain a higgledy streetscape of monastic fragments and Georgian cottages, or spiked with a bohemian,eccentric edge. Even saying the word “Wymondham” (pronounced “Windum”) is counterintuitive. The half-ruined, two-towered abbey haunts the skyline like something from an MR James story. Lecturers from the University of East Anglia lurk in bookshops. Poets and writers escape here – not an obvious retreat, and but that’s the point. Nobody comes to Wymondham unless they have to or want to.
The case against Not much. It’s quite a delight. But it’s not the residence to live whether you like Starbucks and pulled pork pizzas.
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Source: theguardian.com