All Things Considered

Norfolk Broads
Posted by Kate Sullivan

Recent weekend jaunts with our bikes have taken us to the Norfolk Broads. Starting at Reedham and taking the clunky cable ferry across the River Yare has been a happy reminder of just how beautiful the Norfolk Broads are.

Elegant and timeless yachts float alongside pleasure cruisers. Martham Boats, as mentioned in the Old Town's excellent Evening Star, has a collection of traditional 1950s wooden motorboats and sailing yachts for hire.

I’m quite taken with the idea of discovering some of the quieter Broads waters in a canoe or kayak and combining a days paddling with camping by the waters. I came across The Canoe Man who offers just that.

“Canoeing allows near silent exploration of all but the most miniscule of the Broads Park waterways - you can paddle down miles of quiet, undisturbed tributaries, dykes and streams often never seeing another soul but often seeing some of the Broads best kept secrets - the kingfishers, the bitterns and even the elusive otter”.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on June 26th, 2009