title Embrace the Forest, and a Night at the Fat Cat, West End Street, Norwich, Norfolk - 9th June 2006 intro Nosher gets back from a few days working in Spain just in time for a Friday trip up to Norwich: there's a taxi from The Swan to Diss Station, a train to Norwich, and then a cab from there to the Fat Cat off Dereham Road. From there, The Mikey-P Massive and Jen plus Simon join us to continue the beer theme, and then give us a lift down to the Reindeer on the corner of Valentine Street and Dereham Road. The Reindeer is only feet away from Nosher's old house on Valentine Street, and it's a bit strange sitting there looking at the old pad. In 1987, The Reindeer was a smaller pub with its own brewery, but it's good to see that the old barber - "Sweeny's" - is still there. After the Reindeer, it's a short walk down St. Benedict's Street to the Ten Bells, opposite Norwich Arts Centre. Finally, it's another lift, courtesy of Mikey-P, who drops us off at the station, where we just make the last train back to Diss with around 5 seconds to spare. Later on, we're at Embrace the Forest - a gig featuring the band Embrace, held at High Lodge in Brandon Forest, near Thetford. img_2424 The Sock on the desk img_2427 The Sock rolls around on some physics coursework img_2431 The Boy Phil's parents have a sign in the garage img_2434 Waiting rooms on the platform at Diss Station img_2435 Dave, Marc and Sue arrive along the platform img_2436 Marc, Phil, Sue and Jen at the Fat Cat img_2437 Jen, Simon, Dave and Bill in the evening sun img_2438 The Fat Cat pub on West End Road, Norwich img_2441 Marc punches some air img_2442 Dave and The Boy Phil img_2444 Bill looks back outside the Fat Cat img_2448 Bill and Marc img_2453 Entertaining old sign on the wall of the Fat Cat img_2456 Nosher's old barber: Sweeny's on Valentine Street img_2458 Nosher's 1987 Norwich pad: 4 Valentine Street img_2459 In the Reindeer img_2461 The Mikey-P Massive in the Reindeer img_2462 Marc in the Reindeer img_2465 Dave looks up img_2467 Nosher in the Reindeer, the former "local" img_2468 Inside the Reindeer img_2470 Mikey-P Massive, Lou, Jen and Simon img_2471 Bill on the train img_2472 On the "One" train back to Diss img_2473 Bill pouts img_2475 A dead rook hangs from a pole at Marc's pad img_2476 Marc fries some stuff up img_2477 Suey sorts out bacon sandwiches img_2483 Marc and Suey on a picnic blanket img_2486 Jimmy's on hog-roast duty img_2488 Allie helps out with the hog roast img_2489 The crowds build up at High Lodge img_2497 Embrace on stage img_2503 Chains of lights img_2574 An Embrace finale img_2582 Streaks of light on the way home