We've been living in Diss for 2 weeks now - not quite settled yet as we're still house sharing but that shouldn't be for much longer.
The second week of our honeymoon was spent exploring Diss town. It's so peaceful after living in the centre of Norwich and I love being truly away from work. Even the commute is nice - 20 minutes in which to read a book while travelling through pretty Norfolk countryside.
Yesterday we visited Fair Green which is an old field in Diss - the site of fairgrounds for over 800 years. It's written into the deeds of the land that a fair is allowed to be there at least twice a year. We've yet to step across the border to Suffolk but I hear it isn't far away...
I've been to Diss Christian Community Church (DC3) twice now, Ben joined me this week after working last week. We're both really looking forward to getting involved in this church - although the overall style of the church isn't what we'd normally look for the people are really friendly. Part of our relaxing part of our honeymoon was spent evaluating what we really need from a church so we could look more effectively. We're making a conscience effort to ignore any niggles! We decided that anything apart from fellowship can be easily met outside of church, so fellowship is what we're looking for and seem to have found very early on. So far we've enjoyed an evening with a couple involved in leadership/music and been invited to join the current Alpha group running until the house groups can accommodate us. Also this week we met someone there who works for Norfolk Constabulary in the department dealing with applications forPCSOs/police, which considering Ben's future career plans seems providential!
All in all I'm quickly forming a love for Diss and I'm looking forward to making this our home for the next few years.
In case anyone's missed it my new email is lauraejfoster at hotmail.co.uk
