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A Southern Broads photo album
Dusk at Rockland Broad. Click on this photo and the thumbnails below for much larger images
We’re just back from our honeymoon – a few days on the Southern Broads, an area of water neither of us had visited before. Even though we saw few sailing craft it’s clearly a great sailing area of largely empty rivers, often with nothing but reeds to interfere with the wind. Not that we were sailing this time, you understand – with my broken ankle, a motor cruiser from Oulton Broad turned out to be an ideal way to take a holiday.
Here are some of our snaps for your entertainment.
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Two scenes from the river Yare; the dyke leading to Surlingham Broad
The Yare at high tide; a houseboat on the river Waveney; early morning on the Waveney
Rockland Broad; windmill on the Yare; approaching Reedham on the Haddiscoe New Cut
Sailing on the Yare; wherrry on the Yare
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10 Comments »Barges and wherries, Culture: songs, stories, photography and art, Locations, Modern boatbuilding, River boats, Sailing ships, Traditional carvel
thomas Sep 16th 2009 at 04:25 am 1
Mr.Atkin, congrats on the nuptials! (Who knew?). Looks a lovely trip you had. Cheers,
thomas
jeff cole Sep 16th 2009 at 06:09 am 2
G’day, great pix, especially the Rockland Broad If you look under my pics here (search ‘cole’ will get them) youll find a pic of that windmill from a 1950′s postcard taken from the same spot.
I never got to sail on the broads when I was in England, it looks an enchanting place.
Gavin Atkin Sep 16th 2009 at 11:48 am 3
I’m not quite convinced it’s the same mill, but it could be. Thankfully, there are still quite a few.
You should pay a visit sometime Jeff, if the chance arises!
Gav
Hans-Christian Sep 16th 2009 at 03:15 pm 4
Hi,
I´ve been to the broads on holiday 10 years ago when the children were small. We camped at Reedham ferry for three weeks and we enjoyed every single day there. Live music on the shore, the boats coming and going, simply phantastic. The children especially liked the ice-cream served at the inn. Great place and great to see photos of that special area again.
Hans-Christian
Jim from Zanzibar Sep 16th 2009 at 07:36 pm 5
Idyllic spot…surely it’s not last week in England
Gavin Atkin Sep 16th 2009 at 09:05 pm 6
It was last week. Julie and I think you should come with us sometime soon. We must make a plan…
Jim from Zanzibar Sep 17th 2009 at 08:27 pm 7
Sounds good. A Wanderer with a small outboard would do nicely
Gavin Atkin Sep 17th 2009 at 09:14 pm 8
What – for us AND the ladies?
Duncan Sclare Sep 18th 2009 at 11:22 pm 9
Congratulations and sympathy (wedding and Ankle in that order)
Gavin Atkin Sep 19th 2009 at 08:39 am 10
Thanks Duncan!
I should explain that the wedding was back in February and the honeymoon was delayed, but I must say we’re both still very happy about being married. On the ankle, well there’s another month or more to go…
Gav