Diss and the surrounding countryside were my first introduction to Norfolk more years ago than I care to remember. Nostalgia plays a large part for the happy memories of holidays taken with relatives when all our children were small, young and growing up together.

The impressive Mere, that the market town is centred around was always a must to visit feeding the resident ducks whilst others busied themselves in and out of the little shops browsing here and there, keeping an eye out for yet another antique shop. Narrow streets lead away from the triangular market place at the top of which stands St Mary's Church.built in the 15th and 16th century, there lies John Skelton poet and tutor to Henry VIII, who was once rector. The town has an attractive Victorian Shambles with a wealth of Georgian and earlier buildings where tea and coffee shops can be found lurking.

Banham Zoo along with Bressingham Gardens are musts to visit and of course Norwich, the City itself with its abundance of historical interest and wealth of exciting shops, where more adventure awaits, is only a short car ride away.

I am of course, biased by now having recently moved to live in this wonderful historical county, having no desire to return back to my previous county of Worcestershire, I am now here to stay.

Jane Gwilliam

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