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I'm Helen, editor of Muddy Norfolk, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

Gotta Have It

Making plans? Find your perfect Pub, Inn, Hotel, Café, Restaurant or Bar across the Muddy counties.

Your 2019 holiday inspoGoing anywhere nice on your holidays? Don't answer that until you've read Muddy's guide to the coolest travel trends for the year ahead.
Witness the fitness! The best new sports gear for 2019Finding it hard to kickstart that hardcore new exercise regime? Buy some slinky new kit and you'll be sprinting around the park faster than Mo Farah (possibly).
Top five Vegan recommends in the City'Veganuary' - a guilt-free excuse to try out some of the city’s best vegan eateries!
How to be happy in 2019New Year, new chance to give yourself a great big shot of positive energy with one of these 28 inspirational ideas.
Norfolk walks with cafesOr 12 cafes with walks! Either way - blow away the cobwebs with these great walks and slightly cheaper eats along the way!

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JANUARY 2019

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Farmyard, Norwich

I’m easily enticed by a pink neon sign. Casual dining with top quality nosh in a laid back, stylish restaurant – well hello Farmyard you certainly grabbed my attention!
- Rum – it’s the new gin!
  
  G&T's are like so 2018 - we've found a super-cool exciting new tipple. Wanna know what it is? 'Course you do - - rum ta dum ta dum!
- Norfolk walks with cafes
  
  Or top 12 cafes with walks?!? Either way blow away the cobwebs with these great walks and slightly cheaper eats along the way!
- 13 Winter pub walks
  
  Is there anything better than a beautiful Winter walk that ends in a pub lunch? Stroll and scoff your way across the county.
- Socius, Burnham Market
  
  New Kids on the block - Socius in Burnham Market opened in March and is certainly making it's mark on the North Norfolk eating circuit.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

‘Superspa’ breaks for 2019

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want… a massage, mani and Jacuzzi please, and make it snappy.
- Your 2019 holiday inspo
  
  Going anywhere nice on your holidays? Don't answer that until you've read Muddy's guide to the coolest travel trends for the year ahead.
- The King’s Head, Letheringsett
  
  On my Muddy mission to find fabulous places to stay within an hours drive of Norwich, I was lucky enough to bag a night at one of my favourite Sunday afternoon pubs. I think I want to move in!

Witness the fitness! The best new sports gear for 2019

Finding it hard to kickstart that hardcore new exercise regime? Buy some slinky new kit and you’ll be sprinting around the park faster than Mo Farah (possibly).
- Gotta Have It
  
  Budget not stretching to Fendi or Chanel on the slopes this year (or frankly *any* year?). Julien Macdonald's collab with Dare2B to the rescue!
- Bootiful Boots
  
  If you’ve got a dog, like gardening, love a beach walk… these boots from Cornish brand Trailback won’t leave your feet!

Top 10 books for young adults

We’ve scoured the shelves and selected our Top 10 books to inspire the tweens/teens away from their screens!
- Muddy Book Club!
  
  Batten down the hatches, commandeer the sofa and get stuck into our November picks. Plus, win the lot!
- Muddy reviews: Still Alice
  
  A thought provoking piece of theatre about early onset dementia and a family undergoing a huge life changing crisis.
- Rambert – Life is A Dream
  
  An engrossing and beautiful performance. Did I understand it all? No. Did it matter? Not a jot.
- Culture Vulture – Top Picks
  
  We're here to deliver you through the next few months with all the best art, music, theatre and films that Norfolk has to offer!

Flexible working – a personal view

It’s a contentious issue! Full-time working mum and Muddy founder Hero Brown shares her views on flexible working.
- A tome for working mums
  
  We absolutely can enjoy motherhood and careers simultaneously. Need inspiration? Grab a copy of Mumpreneur on Fire 3.
- Co-working: 5 reasons to do it
  
  Are you tired of working from home? Sick of setting up in coffee shops? Maybe you're over the rigidity of long-term office leases? Then it's time to consider co-working.
Kids
- Top 10 Kids Books
  
  Our unmissable guide to the best fiction, picture books and poetry for kids this Christmas?
- Gotta Have It
  
  Our fashion favourite Cos is launching babywear this week - and we've gone gaga for it. Behold the cuteness!

Muddy in the Mail

Hitting the headlines – Muddy Stilettos Founder and Editor in Chief Hero Brown has been picked as one of the top 50 inspirational women in the UK! We couldn’t be prouder to be a part of the Muddy family!
- Muddy makes the glossies!
  
  Check out Muddy Stilettos over SIX pages in the brilliant Psychologies magazine!
- Muddy meets… Craig Revel-Horwood
  
  Want the hot goss from the BBC ballroom? Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood dishes the dirt on this year's show.
- Gok inspired!
  
  My 10 favourite inspirational Gok - isms - print them out ladies and live by these wonderful life mottos!
- My Favourite places: Tim Henman
  
  Tim Henman, party animal - who'd have thought it? British tennis legend talks wine, his local hangouts and, er, more wine!