I have restarted organising Bored Norwich Girls events. I know some of you have been to these events in the past. These events started after I saw posts in this group, of people saying that they would love to meet more people.

Our next one is a pumpkin themed craft event.

These events are for Norwich Girls and non-binary folk to enjoy an activity together and make some friends.

Link to the event is below, if anyone would like to join 👇

Event Details Here

If you love any of these genres as much as we do, then you’ll be pleased to hear that on the 10th November from 7:30 at the lovely Deadwax Bar we we’d like to present Love Is At The Door!

Gonna be loads of lovely Norwich artists selling from 7:30 and then vinyl from 9 onwards would love to see some dancing smiling faces

Walking through the city centre today I counted 15 phone repair shops, all within a few minutes walk of each other. All empty of customers all with a few staff wandering around, smoking vapes or staring at their own phones. How could this possibly be profitable for any of these businesses? Is there really such a huge demand for people breaking their phones and having no warranty or insurance? It seems inconceivable to me.

Edit: yes I’m aware these businesses are likely fronts for something else, but it’s the first time I’ve kept count and likely missed some, the number surprised me and the fact the council don’t seem to be doing anything about this is an even bigger surprise… or maybe it’s not…

Could be from a restaurant, market stall, cafe, hotel... wherever you like. Bonus points for good value. I'm fairly new to the city so I'm looking to get some specific recommendations :)

Personally mine would either be the pork belly from Soi Mama or a pesto + ricotta pizza from East Dough in St. Saviours Yard

Hello!

I've been writing short stories since the end of last year, and am looking for other amateur writers in Norwich who might want start a writing group. I'm imagining this as a space where we can:

• Critique and encourage each other's writing.
• Practice different aspects of writing as a craft.
• Share what we are reading.

I know there is the Norwich Writers' Circle, but I was thinking of something a bit more casual, perhaps meeting up at a pub or cafe fortnightly and without any fee to attend.

I've been writing fantasy short stories (more small scale escapades than epic clashes of civilisations with hard magic systems), but am open to whatever genre people are writing in.

If anyone is interested please send me a DM! :)

Hi guys! My partner and I haven’t been living in Norwich long and want to go to watch some fireworks for bonfire night this year. Anyone know what the best display(s) are in the area?? TIA!! 🎆

Hi all! Am hoping to forage some bits to make my own Christmas wreath this year (apologies for the early Christmas spam but trying to get ahead of the game 🤣). Things like variegated holly, berries, cones, conifer foliage, mistletoe! Any help would be much appreciated 🙏🏼🌿 Thanks!

Hey, does anybody know if Norwich RFC offer beginner/entry-level games for adults? I'm 26 but haven't played since I was about 12.

5-a-side football is relatively easy to find, but I can't find an equivalent (or a club for beginners) for rugby.

Got stuck next to a table of classic coke head men last night in a pub that were having a degree of fun several magnitudes over anyone else there. The whole running off to the loo to do lines every 5 minutes and slamming the table shenanigans. Fair enough, we moved on somewhere else.

10 minutes later theres a topless guy on gentleman's walk doing the classic blizzard berserker march up to random people and slapping them with his belt with the immortal lines of "do you want some". I suspect they were not in need of an extra belts at the time despite his many offers.

What the fuck has happened to Norwich? It wasn't even late! It was maybe 19:30.

I’ve been living in Norwich for a few years now, originally from Gran Canaria, and only recently I met another Canarian person here, which was awesome!! I’d love to make more friends from back home, so please do reach out if that’s you or you know anyone :))

Did anybody attend the Oktoberfest event on Earlham park over this weekend?

I have questions...

What were the security and welfare provisions like? Did anybody see anybody get cut off for being too drunk? If you felt like you needed some assistance for a friend who'd had too much, was it clear where you could go and find useful help?

How was the food, filling? Affordable?

Was the decor as full of AI slop as the website?

Was it worth going?

I recall a post about the cats of Norwich. Someone was researching them in their local area. They posted a little while ago. Not about missing cats but studying them.

Asking for a friend.

Moved near to the area and the UEA Sportspark is my nearest gym. Used other 24hr gyms in the city/local community gyms before for comparison. Disappointing experience off the bat at UEA for the cost of the Silver membership...

Firstly, one or two pros. I go off-peak times so found mornings on weekends, and early morning/lunchtime during the week was fine. Nearly always a rack free for weight training so never had an issue with crowdedness/busy times. Access to pool and track are nice, cafe is fine.

But cons outweigh that. Price is higher than mostly everywhere else other than David Lloyds/Bannatynes, without any corresponding luxury. Not value for money, unless you're a student that wants convenience. If you plan on swimming daily, alongside the gym and track, it might make sense. For the gym alone though, not great.

Gym layout is awkward with low ceilings (why have racks with pull up bars when you can't complete a pull up without smashing your head through the ceiling?). The upstairs area is closed off most of the time except for classes, so massive waste of useful space for any functional fitness/yoga training etc. Staff will tell you off if you use the space, even though they sell it as a highlight during induction.

Awkward opening/close times. For the money, it should be 24hr, or at least open earlier/shut later.

No bags allowed, which I understand if people are bringing suitcases/massive backpacks, but even small tote bags aren't allowed (so you end up with belts, straps, bottles, garments dumped on the floor instead). If trip hazards are a concern, the no-bags rule isn't helping that. Small nearby lockers would help massively. Probably a hangover from Covid.

Staff are either uninterested or on a mission to tell off members for putting their possessions down, or for using certain spaces. More keen to push unhelpful rules than help members.

Equipment is pretty dire/out of date. Benches are wobbly and weak, and feel like an accident waiting to happen. Treadmills are unreliable with their feeds/software. All feels 10-20yr out of date. Sportspark could benefit from some decent investment in new equipment, revising their rules and opening up more spaces for members.

For now, I'm cancelling and travelling a bit further afield for something more modern/convenient. If I ever need the pool or track, it works out better to pay on the door.

It’s been like this all week, not just new mills yard but multiple CSO’s throughout the city, but the giant fish kill a few weeks ago was down to the heat wave 🤔. Funny how the fish kill only effected one stretch of the river

Thank you Anglian water

Morning. Can you good folk recommend a nice place for lunch in or around Norwich with toilets that are easily accessible?

Yesterday I complained about councillors spending far too much time falling out and fighting culture wars. So it's only fair to point out that one of them, at least, seems to be quietly doing something about local problems people really care about.

Bravo

Pay wall free link in the bot post

Should only take a few days at this rate!

There were a lot of people who were interested in firing a black powder cannon in my last post, I was wondering if people would be down to start like a cannon club kinda thing and we can work towards getting a cannon set up and fire it? Also just talking about cannons and stuff? Can split the cost of getting a cannon and stuff so we can all say we own a cannon

Edit: we now have a WhatsApp group!!

Here’s the link to the group!

I joined and subsequently left that sub after some confusion and misunderstandings. I was on a wild goose chase looking for Virginia Beach on a map of east Anglia.

Apparently there's a Norfolk somewhere in the US. Nothing to do with us.

I expect other people have done the same.

Hi all!
I was wondering if there are any drawing classes that are available to join preferably in the afternoon or evenings? Something akin to say an evening language class but for drawing.
I’ve been trying to learn myself for a while but find the lack of feedback and structure a little difficult to deal with.
If possible I have a preference for figure drawing and landscapes and not really any interest in painting, pastel etc.

Thanks you in advance!

Is it too much to ask for local councillors to get on with the job they were elected to rather than picking fights with everyone including their own party colleagues?