The Quiet lanes bike ride is a circular loop about 13 miles long. The containers are of varying styles a difficulties. The route is based on the North Norfolk quiet lanes-http://www.norfolkcoastaonb.org.uk/partnership/quiet-lanes-explorer/678 and also passes along the Paston way and bacton wood. Please note in order to do the full route you will need to go up/down at least 3 flights of stairs on the Paston way stretch. 2 of these have ramps for bikes but 1 you will have to lift your bike up. The North Walsham and Dilham canal.
The “Old Canal Company” has bought the top 2¼ miles of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal. The canalisation of the River Ant, was opened in 1826,this Norfolk canal was just under 9 miles in length from Antingham Bone Mills to Wayford Bridge, there were six locks capable of taking small wherries of 20 ton.
Although built for the carriage of coal, it remained cheaper to transport this overland from the coast. As a result the main cargoes were to and from the mills and local area - including the weekly cabbage wherry to Great Yarmouth. In the late 19th century some of the first pleasure wherries converted from commercial craft were based on the canal.
However, trade was low and the canal from Swafield locks and up to Antingham was closed in 1893 and subsequently abandoned in 1926. The section from Swafield to Bacton Wood Lock was breached by the August floods of 1912, and the following repairs were poor. The last wherry to use the canal was the motor wherry Ella in 1934, soon the section above Bacton Wood Mill became dry whilst the remainder of the canal fell into disuse.
info from http://www.nwdct.org/#