I believe I could spend longer poring over maps and routes than actually cycling it. Perhaps that's half the fun! The bit that exercised the route planning muscles most was getting into Lowestoft and avoiding busy A-roads. I was delighted to see (using Google aerial maps) that two of the largest roundabouts have cycle route cut-throughs and one a cycle lane alongside it. It's so good when planners get it right.
I thought they went in for some dead straight roads in Scotland (they do!) but you can't beat the twin B-roads that run from Pakefield right into Lowestoft and deviate neither to the right nor to the left. The Romans would have been proud of them. Fortunately, Google maps showed that I need neither of them. A road runs down to the promenade which runs for miles along the wide sandy beach, all the way up to Lowestoft town. That will do nicely (wind permitting).
Once in Lowestoft, it's a case of negotiating some pretty industrial looking areas (it's a working port) to get to the Ness, which is sandwiched between a gas storage tank and 'Gulliver' the largest wind turbine in the UK (and the only commercial turbine in Suffolk!) Ness Point has its own website - http://www.ness-point.co.uk/
and seems to be attempting to make something of tourism, but hasn't yet. Nevertheless, it's the official start point for me.
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