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INTRODUCTION I.
II.
THE BROAD DISTRICT
DOWN THE YARE NORWICH YARMOUTH
III.
REEDHAM
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INTEODUCTION. SINCE the
first
appearance of this Handbook, and the
larger volume on the same
the
first
which the preface to edition stated to be in contemplation, the Broad subject,
Each year
become highly popular.
District has
tourist stream increases, but, happily, there is
No doubt some
of room. to
have the whole
still
of the old habitues,
landscape to themselves,
the change, but the less selfish persons,
the
plenty
who
liked
grumble at
who
happily
constitute the majority, do not object to seeing a dozen
yachts where formerly they saw but one, or a score of anglers where in past years but half-a-dozen might be seen.
A large
trade has arisen in the letting of yachts, boats,
and pleasure wherries for cruising purposes but the inn accommodation has made little advance, and is still too ;
meagre, and insufficient for the demand.
have made
great strides in speed
and
in
The yachts The
number.
Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club has flourished exceedingly,
and
Artists
its
regattas are popular.
have found out the charm of the quiet scenery
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INTRODUCTION.
of the Broads, and visit us in great numbers. Notably Mr. E. H. Fahey and Miss Osborn have given exhibitions
London devoted
in
to
the
Then
district.
litterateurs
without number have written magazine and newspaper articles,
and
others,
few days' scamper, have
after a
written exhaustive guide-books
;
and so the
the present writer set rolling in earnest is
ball,
which
some years
ago,
helped merrily forward, and the Kivers and Broads of
Norfolk and Suffolk are fast becoming one of the most
popular of English playgrounds. I should like to put the brake on a
little
in one respect.
One guide-book writer appears to treat the riverside meadows as commons, and suggests that yachtsmen should bring lawn-tennis sets and cricket materials with
them.
Pray don't take such absurd
advice.
All riparian
owners adhere stoutly to their just
rights.
It
remembered that the
must be
rights of the public are limited to
passage along the navigable
rivers
and the navigable
broads, and the use of the banks of navigable waters for The soil of the mooring purposes and for towing. greater part of the river-beds therefore angling
is free to
ing, the shooting over the
is
vested in the Crown,
the public.
Crown
Strictly speak-
rivers is free, but this
does not give persons a right to shoot an inch over the banks.
Looking
me
Bure
to the fact that the
narrow, and passes through private earnestly entreat visitors not to
at birds or at bottles (which last
game
is
very
preserves, let
fire off
guns either
amusement appears
to
INTRODUCTION.
Xlll
be a favourite one) above Acle bridge.
The
sport to the
annoyance to the riparian owners riparian owners are generally willing to
visitors is nil, while the is
extreme.
The
afford the well-behaved public all reasonable facilities for
enjoyment. Let this be repaid by the public refraining from potting away at waterhens and pigeons, or other birds on the banks. It
may
be well to add that, up to about the year 1830,
the Broads and wet marshes were simply waste
the Enclosure Acts and Awards, these watery
;
but by
commons
were allotted and divided among the neighbouring landowners.
In some cases the rights of navigation and In others no reserva-
staithes were expressly reserved.
tion
was made, and the Broads are absolutely
in the
hands of private owners. In other cases again, staithes and rights of way have grown into disuse, and channels have become choked up by
mud and
vegetation.
In no
case, however, has the right of the Crown to the bed
of the
common
river
been affected or changed by the
Enclosure Awards.
A
great point to
the Broads set as
water
lilies
gather any
remember
much
is,
store
that the possessors of
by
their bulrushes
as the admiring visitor; off
the Broads.
therefore,
All flowers
and
do not
and grasses
which grow in such luxuriance by the riverside, within the river wall, or the three yards from the river margin where the navigator has an indefeasible right, may as well be gathered for pleasure as die and rot. Here
XIV there
INTRODUCTION. is
abundance
for everyone
repetition has
is
but to penetrate into
and help oneself
quiet nooks of Broads
valued property,
;
an indefensible
much
irritated
to other people's
which by oft owners against the public. act,
It is in this respect also that visitors
from a distance
most prone to err, because, without reflection, it Nor would there be appears that no harm is done. are
much harm
in a single instance, but
"many
a
little
makes a mickle."
As a
general rule, visitors from a distance behave
exceedingly well, being educated persons with a due sense of law
and
and noisy
The
order.
destroyers, the persons
bottle shooters, coot potters,
swan's egg robbers and grebe
revellers, the
who
luncheon rooms or dust bins products.
Of
use one's
boat-houses as
are, unfortunately,
home
course, I hear of all offences that are
committed, and by some people I am actually saddled with the responsibility of any breach of good manners
on the part of the brought the large
public, because I
latter to the
unknown
public (of
author I have had so
am
Broads.
whose
many
supposed to have
I therefore beg the
friendliness to
proofs),
when they
me
as an
visit
the
Broads, not to allow the exhilaration of an enjoyable holiday to interfere with a due propriety of behaviour.
The
hitherto unwritten rules of the Rivers
and Broads
are these:
Do
not,
in
the neighbourhood of other yachts or
houses, indulge in songs and revelry after eleven p.m.,
even at regatta times.
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INTRODUCTION.
Bathe only before eight o'clock in the morning, sight of other vessels or
moored in a frequented part
if
in
of the
Ladies are not expected to turn out before eight,
river.
but after that time they are entitled to be free from any
Young men who lounge
annoyance.
boats while ladies
Norwich youths shot, or the end Adhere
to
are
do
passing
this)
may
in a
nude
(and I have
state
on
known
be saluted with dust
of a quant.
strictly to the rule of the
road when boating,
according to the instructions contained in a subsequent chapter,
and when angling, moor out
of the
way
of
sailing craft, as afterwards explained.
Do
not throw straw or paper overboard to float to
leeward and become offensive
;
but burn, or take care to
sink all rubbish.
Do
not light
fires,
place stoves, or throw refuse on the
banks in the path of others, whose yachts to the
may be moored
same bank.
Steam launches must not run
moored
to the bank, particularly
at full speed past yachts
when
the occupants of
the latter have things spread out for a meal.
Don't take guns on board unless you have leave to shoot on somebody's land.
Eemember and do not
that sound travels a long
criticise the
people you
way on
may
the water,
encounter with
too loud a voice.
Don't go on a friend's yacht with nailed shoes (the of a Thames sailing club once came on
commodore
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INTRODUCTION.
board mine in cricket shoes armed with spikes).
Don't
knock the ashes out of your pipe into his boat, and don't catch small fish and litter his decks with them, leaving
them
for
him
to clean
up
after you.
Don't moor outside another yacht without the permission of
its
owner.
Ladies, please don't gather armfuls of flowers, berries,
and grasses which, when
faded,
you leave in the boat or
yacht for the unfortunate skipper to clear up.
Don't
play the piano in season and out of season (the reedbird's
song
is
sweeter on the Broads)
before eight o'clock in the
;
and don't turn out
morning when other yachts
are near.
Observing
all
these
simple maxims, any number of
visitors will find plenty of
room
for their
own enjoyment,
without offence to anyone.
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^
m A POOL IN SUBLINOHAM BROAD.
L Bi!
THE HANDBOOK TO THE
at 10rfolh
CHAPTER THE " BROAD
T
"
somewhat
is
I.
DISTRICT. to
difficult
analyse the
charm which the "Broad"
N orfolk
and Suffolk has
have once made only
way
ledge of
it
in
you
you,
if
who
its
acquaintance in the
an intimate know-
can be gained.
see nothing but its flatness
roads,
District of
for those
which
In a journey through ;
it
by rail, you walk along its
see the dullest side of
to its water-highways,
Suff0Ih.
and the glamour of
it it
;
but take
steals over
you have aught of the love of nature, the angler,
or the artist in you
.
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One reason may be that From them you view things point
;
along them
the rivers are highways. as from a different stand-
flows a current of
that on either rail or road
sometimes your master
life
the wind
:
from
differing
is
your servant,
an uncertainty in the issue of the day's proceedings, which to an idle holidaymaker is most delightful, and the slowly-moving water is
more
;
there
is
companion than any other inanimate Houses are few and far between. Often-
like a living
thing can
be.
times within the circle of your sight there
house nor
man visible. A grey church tower,
is
neither
a windmill,
or the dark-brown sail of a wherry in the distance breaks
the sense of utter loneliness, but the scene to enchain
the imagination of many.
is
wild enough
Long
miles of
sinuous gleaming river, marshes gay with innumerable flowering plants, wide sheets of water bordered with
swaying reeds, yachts or wherries, boats, rare birds
and
and sketch
plants,
and exquisite
these are the
pleasant holiday
may
fish, fowl,
little bits
and
to paint
elements out of which a
be made.
I wrote these lines whilst at anchor on Salhouse Little
Broad.
The evening was most
boat lay motionless the water around. petals
still
and
placid,
and the
the lily leaves which covered
among The white
lilies
had so closed
their
that but the faintest morsels of white peeped
but the yellow, which were most numerous, did not close so completely, and the dark interspaces of water
out
;
were thickly starred with the golden globes.
Beyond
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belt of tall reeds,
swayed only by
TUB "BROAD"
was a
the lily leaves
yellow
flowers
iris
with colour.
on the one
made
the narrow neck of
Bounding the view
side a
wooded bank
A
sight, the river.
The
home among them.
the birds which have their
;
marsh ablaze
was a cordon
on the
of trees
;
other, but out of
amid the
rustic boathouse nestled
white swans lighted up the dark shades, moor-
trees,
the western
hens led their broods across the pool;
clouds were edged with sunset glories, and the reflections in the water were as perfect as the things they copy.
But though not
still,
was absolute calm, the lily leaves were but moved tremulously, and sent ripples on there
Looking closely, you saw that the leaves were covered with small insects, and the small roach either side.
were busily plucking them could hear the
little
off
once you caught the sound you found the these snaps,
and a most weird
The roach crowded I threw them.
my
hand
eagerly round
effect
air
was
and
full of
the sound gave.
to eat the
crumbs that
were they, that when I put it quite still for a
fearless
into the water
while, they little
So
You
the under side.
snap or suck the fishes made,
and held
came and snapped
tickling scrapes they gave.
at
my fingers,
and funny
I actually succeeded in
grasping one or two of the boldest.
A piece
of paper,
which had been crumpled up and thrown on the water, to and fro by the hungry little fish,
was being urged
who
tried to find
The
it
eatable,
clouds darkened.
and tugged at it bravely. went into my cabin as a
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squall of wind
and rain came on.
The thunder
louder and louder, and there, alone, with the tempest
was
raging, I could yet write that the end of the evening
as pleasant as the beginning, so great to
me
the
is
charm
of the water.
I slung
my hammock,
hoping that on the following
day the sun would shine, the wind would blow, and the hours would pass as quickly as the boat as
sound as It
man
and
sailed,
slept
may.
has happened that I have written a good deal about
these waters
too
much, some people
One
say.
result
has been that I have been pretty well overpowered with correspondence arising from persons making enquiries
about the
when
district,
handbook or guide it
with a view to visiting
the publishers requested to the
me
it
;
therefore,
to write a kind of
Broads and Rivers,
I thought
a good idea, in that enquirers might, by buying such a
book, save themselves the trouble of writing to me, and getting necessarily short
and inadequate
afraid, however, the guide-book style
me, and
I shall be
most
at
home
if
is
replies.
I
am
rather beyond
I try to convey the
cruises in
by describing one of the numerous which I have sailed as guide to those friends
who have
trusted their holidays to
requisite information
select
my
care,
and
I will
one lasting but a fortnight, during which time we
covered most of the available ground. Before doing so, a few words, descriptive of the situation of these rivers
and
lakes, will not be amiss.
THE "BROAD" DISTRICT.
From Yarmouth, highways
looking inland, three main waterchief is the Yare, flowing from
The
radiate.
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the westward; then comes the Bure, flowing from the
north-westward, and having her large tributaries, the
Ant and the Thurne, flowing from the northward. From the south-west come the clear waters of the WaveAll these
ney.
distances,
number
navigable for considerable
rivers are
and on the Bure and
of the
Broads are
its tributaries
the greater
These Broads are
situate.
large shallow lakes, connected with the rivers,
many
of
and are
them navigable. Flat marshes follow the lines and while higher and well- wooded ground
of the rivers,
near the upper portions of the
rises
the country
is
perfectly
flat,
three rivers are visible at the
The rivers,
level of the
and
marsh
is
and
rivers,
near the sea
vessels sailing
same
on
all
time.
frequently below that of the
at the outlet of each
main drain
is
a drainage
or turbine wheel, sometimes worked by a windmill,
pump, and sometimes by steam, which pumps the water out
of
the drains into the rivers.
The
fall of
The ebb and inland, but
are
so
the river
is
about four inches to the mile.
flow of the tide are
its rise
and
fall
are very
felt for thirty little
indeed.
miles
There
no impediments
it
may
to navigation of any consequence, " be imagined what a "happy hunting ground
this is to the boat-sailor, the naturalist,
and the
angler.
CHAPTER DOWN THE YARB,
H
NORWICH TO HEBDHAM.
" you mean to say," said Wynne, that these Broads are worth my giving up
a few days to seeing them
" If you
will give
up a
?
"
fortnight, I
promise you that you will find
it
too
You went to the Friesland Meres and enjoyed it. You will like those quite as short.
years ago, well."
So he promised to come for a fortnight, rather reluctantly, and when, on his anival in Norwich, he took a preliminary canter by rail to Yarmouth, he refused to say anything about what he thought of the country,
which looked ominous.
We
had hired a
ten- ton cutter,
and she was lying at Thorpe, a mile and a half below the city. The man we had engaged rowed the jolly-boat
and as Wynne was enthusiastic about old buildings, we rowed him up the river to the New Mills, a very old mill, which spans the river Wonsum near ita
up
for us,
DOWN THE
NORWICH TO REEDHAM.
YA11E.
entrance into the city.
From
ZO
thence we came back
along the narrow sinuous river, overhung with buildings,
many
of
them ancient and
bridges, wharves
picturesque, under
numerous
where wherries were loading or un-
loading, using the half-lowered mast as cranes, past the
Boom
Tower,
river
quaint Bishops' Bridge
;
still
keeping watch and ward over the ;
Pull's Ferry,
where there
L-UUiOP'S BlilDQE.
is
a ruined water gate, often sketched and photographed
;
past the railway station, into the reach parallel with
where gables, and archways, and courts Here, on the left bank, is another delight the painter.
King
Boom
Street,
Tower, built of
of Norfolk, faced
whence runs a
flint,
the universal building-stone
by another tower on the opposite bank,
fine piece of the old city wall
up the
hill
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BOOH TOWEB. to
another and larger tower, in better preservation, on
Then we next passed
the summit.
works of Messrs.
J.
and
J.
the very extensive
Colman, and below them
innumerable stacks of choice wood, out of which the boxes to contain the mustard, &c., are made.
"You speak of this as the "I thought it was the Yare." " This river is the
Wensum,"
Wensum, but
coming
in
on the right
is
is
where there
Wynne;
this smaller
stream
the true Yare, and from this
point the united river takes the
This spot
said
name
of the
Yare.
Trowse Hythe, and half a mile up it, a mill, was once a famous spot for smelts,
called is
where they were caught by large casting
nets, used at
DOWN THE
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NORWICH TO REEDHAM.
YARE.
night by torch-light, but the town sewage has effectually
The pool below the New
the smelting.
spoiled
Mills
was also a place where the smelts were caught in large numbers, but
it is
not so good now."
Presently we came river has
straight
been cut
new
cut
to Thorpe,
off
made
where a bend of the
by two railway bridges, and a
We
for the navigation.
took the
and Wynne was charmed with the view which then unfolded itself. The long curve of the river was old river,
lined on the outer
gardens leading to
bank by picturesque houses, with the water's edge, while behind them
rose a well-wooded bank.
In the autumn of 1879 this
reach was found to be swarming with pike, speedily
swarmed with
anglers,
who had
sport until, apparently, all the pike intervals since, there
pike to this reach drive the fish
it
generally good
were caught.
At
have been similar immigrations of
when
tides
unusually high or salt
up from the lower reaches.
end of the reach
and
is
a favourite
evenings, a waterside inn,
known
resort
At the lower on
summer
as
Thorpe Gardens, where we pulled up. Here there are also boat-letting stations, where cruising yachts can be hired.
we joined the main river yachts moored against the
Just through the bridge,* again,
and noticed
several
bank, amongst which was ours. * This bridge
was the scene of a most
disastrous railway
in September, 1874, when two trains met, and an appalling loss of life resulted, 25 persons being killed, and 60 or 70 injured. collision,
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RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
stepped on board, curious to inspect a Norfolk
Wynne
yacht, and he freely
commented on her enormous counter,
short keel, great open well, and tall pole-mast.
we stowed
short time
mainsail, jib,
and
all
our belongings, and set
In a sail
the spread of canvas rather
topsail
Wynne, who had only been used to sea yachts. There was a light north-westerly wind, and we glided
startling
swiftly
away
couple
of
before
hundred
But
it.
yards,
we had
Wynne
White House,
stopping to sketch the
which, with the trees on the of river,
ere
hill,
and the huge brown
sailed
on
insisted at
a
our
Whitlingham,
the wood-shaded reach sails
of the
wherries,
formed a picture we might well wish to carry away.
Wynne
often stopped in this way, to the intense disgust
man, who liked to make his passages had no sympathy with artistic amusements. of our
The dyke leading out
of the river
restocked from the river. at the
good
mouth At
spot.
last winter
"
What
and
by the White House
a regular harbour for pike, which
is
quickly,
is
continually
It is private property,
but just
of the dyke, in the navigable river, is a least three
by Norwich
hundred pike were taken here
artisans.
graceful craft these wherries, as you call them,
"
remarked Wynne, as he rapidly sketched the highpeaked sail of one which was slowly beating to windward are
1
or " turning," as the vernacular hath
it,
up the narrow
river.
And he was
quite right.
There
is
not a line that
is
DOWN THK
NORWICH TO REEDHAM.
YABK.
81
She has a long
not graceful about a Norfolk wherry.
low hull with a
rising sheer to stem and stern, which are
both pointed.
She has a
tall
and massive mast sup-
porting a single large sail which
is
without a boom, but
has a very long gaff launching out boldly at an angle of forty-five degrees.
The curve
from the
to the sheet is
of the
on
brown or black all
sail
points of sailing
lofty peak a curve of beauty. The wherries are trading crafts from carrying twenty to fifty tons of cargo. They are
manned
generally by one
aid of his wife or children.
yachts,
handy.
sail
is
can lower or raise
it
are nearly as fast as
weighted at the keel with one or
and
lead,
They
the wind, and are wonderfully
closer to
The mast
two tons of
man, who sometimes has the
is
so well balanced that a lad
with the greatest ease, when
necessary to pass under a bridge.
it is
Wherries are the most
conspicuous objects in a Norfolk broad landscape, and are in sight for miles, as they follow the winding courses of the rivers, often nothing but the sail visible above the
green marsh.
Very many of these wherries have been converted into sailing house boats or pleasure barges, and so constitute
most admirable
floating
homes
for those
who
like cruising
with greater comfort than small yachts can give. It
was an hour
when,
we got under way again, and down the long straight reach by
before
after sailing
Whitlingham, we came in sight of the eminence known as Postwick Grove, Wynne wished to land in order that
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
The man
he might see the view from the top. into open grumbling, so
we asked him
if
burst
the trip were
undertaken for his pleasure or ours, and on his reluctantly admitting that
it
was
for ours,
we
told
him
it
was
our pleasure to do as we liked, and he resigned himself to his fate.
but
The watermen on
these rivers are very
they look with disfavour upon anything
civil,
which
interferes with actual sailing.
Well, the view from Postwick
was
worth seeing.
The curving reaches of the river, animated with yachts, wherries, and boats, lay beneath us, and the green marshes were bounded by the woods of Thorpe, Whitlingham, and Bramerton, while the ruined church of
Whitlingham stood boldly on the brow
of the opposite
hill.
Under way
we
presently reached Bramerton,
End"
public-house offers good cheer
again,
where the " Wood's
wherryman and boating-man. The pleasure-steamers which run between Norwich and Yarmouth afford a quick but less pleasant way of to the
seeing the river,
and stop
at
Bramerton nearly every day
in the week.
Now
the higher ground
falls
away from the
river
on
each side of us, and the belt of marshes widens, the river is higher
than the surface of the land, and the
many drains and dykes by worked by the windmills which form such conspicuous objects in the landscape, and by more pretentious steam drainage mills. water
means
is
lifted
out of the
of turbine wheels,
DOWN THE
YARE.
85
NORWICH TO REEDHAM.
Surlingham Ferry, 6 miles by
river
from Norwich,
The house, with its picturesque shadow of a group of fine trees. A
next came into view. gables, lies in the
horse and cart was being ferried across on the huge raft
we approached, and
as
the chain was only just dropped
in time for us to pass.
There
a good inn at the Ferry, with limited but
is
comfortable staying accommodation is
fishing
on the same there
"
"
side is suitable for
fair
!
said
excellent roach
mooring yachts
to, as
of boats there are with people fish-
"
Wynne.
Do
they
all
catch anything
?
"
Oh, yes, any quantity, as far as number goes, of
roach, and bream, and fish are
some good
fish too,
caught in the deeper water, lower
Coldham Hall ance.
There
for hire at a
is
the next fishing station of import-
is
cheap
boating station,
As
but the larger
down."
a good inn there, and plenty of boats rate.
Fishing and other boats can
H. Flowers and
Co.'s
new
where yachts can be moored and
laid
also be obtained at Messrs.
up.
and
depth of water close to the bank.
What numbers "
ing
a
is
;
The shore above the Ferry
often obtainable.
the railway station (Brundall)
very convenient for anglers.
is
close to
The mooring
it, it is
places at
Brundall and Coldham Hall are not many, as the banks are very shoal
In the reach between Brundall and
Coldham Hall only
the middle third of the river
navigable for yachts
and the same may be said of the
;
long reach below Coldham HalL
Wr
is
could see half-a-
86
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
dozen fishing boats under the It
station.
lee of the point
But
without seeing fishermen there. sail the
above the
seems a favourite place, for I never passed
river,
a short cut across Surlingham Broad in the
This Broad
lies
man had
as the
yacht round the great curve of the
jolly.
It is not deep
it.
The
enough, however, for yachts or laden wherries. is
largely affected
by the tide, which sometimes
The
leaves its shallows exposed. said, is tidal
increases
We
up
to
we took
within a horse- shoe bend of the river,
and has a navigable channel across Broad
it
river, as I
and the
to Norwich,
should have
force of the tide
with every deepening of Yarmouth Haven.
rowed up the dyke which leads on
to the
Broad, a
small sheet of water, overgrown with weeds and very
The
shallow, but a capital nursery for fish and fowl. fishing
it
upon
is
Eowing
preserved.
across
it,
we
entered another dyke, and emerged into the river again,
and caught up the yacht. Snipe abound on the marshes
ming can always be heard
here,
and
in the early
their
summer.
drum-
The
far-reaching marshes glowed with a thousand tints of flower and grass, and the iris gleamed brightly in the
flat,
lush margins of the river.
We
sailed quietly on,
down
the curving reaches of the widening river, watching the
slow-seeming
flight of the heron, the splash of fish, the
bending reeds, until irp
we came
and the occasional boatloads to the
which we again
mouth
of anglers,
of a dyke, about a mile long,
rowed
in
the
jolly,
to
explore
:
:
'
W;V-?sn;jijj
\~";
WW&
>
DOWN THE
NORWICH TO REEDHAM.
YABE.
87
Rockland Broad, where the open water is much more Here there are several
extensive than at Surlingham. eel-fishers'
floating
abodes,
Noah's- ark-like structures,
The
with nets and "liggers" dangling about them. fishing
and shooting on the Broad
are, at present,
open
to all.
This Broad
also
is
notwithstanding
its
much
affected
by the
tide, as,
distance from the river, there are
numerous connecting dykes permitting easy flow and re-flow of water.
Back
the yacht again,
in
Ferry (ten
and a half
we reached Buckenham
miles), a favourite angling ren-
name
dezvous, with a railway station of the same by.
A
long row
of trees
on the
left
bank
is
wherrymen and sailormen, The man who plants trees by the
close
the cause of
shuts on
daily trouble to
as
the wind.
side of a navi-
it
gable river, where the navigation depends upon the wind, IB
and only
the very reverse of a benefactor to mankind,
gelfishness or thoughtlessness can permit such
There
is fair
on the same
mooring
side,
for yachts just
an
act.
below the Inn,
but they must be kept well
off
the
ghore by poles, or as the tide ebbs they will strand and
perhaps
fall
over.
comfort
and
its
The
;
The Ferry Inn
is
noted
limited staying accommodation
fishing is very
for
its
is
good.
good both up and down the
river,
and there are good boats for hire for fishing purposes. The river now becomes very wide and deep, and the shoals near the banks, which
abound
in
the higher
83
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
reaches, are not so frequent.
I
would
call the especial
attention of the river authorities to the disgraceful state
Buckenham
of the river as far as
Ferry.
Each year
the shoals and weeds increase, and the channel narrows, until in
width
some places not more than a
is
available
consequence cease to be culty,
for
the
third of the river-
made use
and the railway
be kept to the river
of,
as
if
natural
must gradually
becomes a matter of
it
will take the trade,
diffi-
which might
a more energetic care of the
navigable stream were taken. matter, and ought
The
navigation.
will be that the navigation
This
to be attended to.
H.NQLEY
DYEJS.
is
a most serious
DOWN THE Next
is
99
NORWICH TO REEDHAM.
YARE.
Langley Dyke, near which are the reaches of and by
the river where the principal regattas are held,
the river side
is
Cantley Red House (fourteen miles).
Cantley railway station is very close to the river, the water
deep close to the bank,
is
fairly firm ground, this
A
some
is
good
lower down, on the same side of the another house, " Peart's," where one may obtain
about.
river, is
as
Comfortable quarters
be had at the Bed House, and the fishing
may
and
is
a favourite yachting station,
is
with good mooring to the banks.
all
and there
little
" comfortable accommodation, and a " dock where small
boats
We
may
:
left.
delayed so long on our
falling, as
days
be safely
it
way
that the wind
usually does towards five o'clock on
the tide
had
so our progress
also turned,
We
was slow.
and we had
it
was
summer
against us,
passed the mouth of the
diet on our
right,
navigable some four miles up to
Loddon.
mouth
is
Its
marked by Hardley
Cross, which
forms the boundary between the Norwich and Yarmouth jurisdictions over the river.
as a public-house on the
was reached, and a
We
left,
lower
little
barely
called
made headway
Eeedham
down we
Ferry,
lay to against
the " rond," or bank, and
A
little
which
is
further
is
made all snug for the night. Eeedham village (eighteen miles),
picturesquely situated on high ground on the
north bank of the
and
is
river.
the junction
and Norwich
lines.
The railway
station is close by,
between the Yarmouth, Lowestoft, There is staying accommodation
40
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
to be
had
Yachts can be moored against
at Reedhain.
the south bank above the bridge, but should not be
lefy
unguarded, as the tide runs strong, and wherries tacking
through the bridge often jam up against the bank.
The
stove
we walked
was soon
and the
alight,
to the village for eggs
gloaming deepened,
Wynne
of wide space there
kettle on, while
and milk.
As the
grew poetical over the scene
was about
us, filled then with
an
orange glow from the west, while the swallows skimmed the river, and struck red drops of spray from the surface.
Then when
the awning was spread over the stern sheets,
and the lamp contentedly, to
smoke
we
lay
;
and
down
it
lit
up the snug cabin, Wynne smoked
the envy of the writer,
was
later
than
it
ought
in our respective bunks,
to
who cannot have been ere
and were
lulled to
leep by the ripple of the water against the planks.
EOAC1I.
CHAPTER
in.
HEEDHAM TO YARMOUTIL
HE
next morning we were up betimes to
down
take the last of the ebb
to Yar-
mouth, and catch the
As
tide up the Bure. was a fresh breeze from the
there
east,
we had
to tack nearly the whole
of the way.
At Eeedham there is a swing bridge, over which the railway passes, and if the wind is foul is
it
particularly
occasion
always a if
difficult
matter to
the tide be against you.
we had
the tide with us
;
sail
On
therefore,
through,
the present
on reaching
1
we could shoot the yacht up and carry her way on until through, when her head was paid off on the proper tack. the opening of the bri( g3,
into the wind,
"I
tell
you what, these Norfolk waters are
places to learn to steer in.
ehould have torn our *
sail
An
capital
inch either way, and we
against the bridge."
Yes, and what with getting the utmost on every
44
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
tack, without going ashore, shaving wherries
or two, and watching for every puff as
on the marsh, so as
the grasses there
it,
is
more fun
to
it
make
by a yard comes over
the most of
on more open
in sailing here than
waters."
Just below the bridge
is
the
New
Cut, a perfectly
straight canal, three miles long, connecting the Yare
with the Waveney, and so saving a round of some eighteen miles, which would otherwise be necessary to get
from the one river to the other, as a reference
map
Now came
a steady beat for several miles, until we
reached the Berney the river Waveney),
Arms
(on the right
tide is in, this is a
a-half miles long
is
the
mouth
of
when Breydon water opened out
Yarmouth
before us, with
on
to the
will show.
When
in the distance.
the
remarkable sheet of water, four and
by a mile broad.
There are
either side of the wide channel,
sea fowl greatly congregate.
mud
flats
where herons and
The strong wind
against
the tide raises a respectable sea, and the tacks being
longer
we made
exhilarating.
A
rapid progress, and the motion waa sail across
Brej'don in a strong wind,
ia
The channel
ia
a thing I always consider a great treat
marked out by
stout posts at intervals of two hundred
yards or thereabouts, but
it is
not safe to
sail
too close
to all these posts unless the tide be high, as the shoals stretch out ledge,
it is
beyond them, and, in default of them a wide berth.
best to give
local
know-
REEDHAM TO YARMOUTH.
The last
spires of
we
Yarmouth grew more
47 distinct,
arrived at its quays, just as the tide
and
at
was on the
We made fast alongside a wherry moored to the and while our man, with the assistance of one of quay, the loiterers on the quay, lowered the mast, and quanted the yacht up the narrow mouth of the Bure and under
turn.
two bridges, we took a stroll about the quays, the " " quaint rows and streets of the old part of the town,
and had a peep
The ebb
at the splendid church.
tide
runs very strongly, and, to avoid being
carried against the bridge
harbour,
it is
in readiness.
prudent
The
which spans the contracted have an anchor
for the stranger to
public quays are on the north side
next the town, and a berth alongside a wherry or other
There are private moorings laid
yacht can be chosen.
down and
" alongside the south shore off
it is
of these,
Island,"
customary, in case of need, to bring up to one if
vacant; but a yacht must not be moored
there, or alongside another sion.
Cobholm
If the visitor is
r
j
acht there, without permis-
nervous or inexperienced, he can
avail himself of the services of
one of the watermen
loafing about the quays, to help
him through
bridges which block the entrance which here enters the harbour.
The its
river
to the
the fixed
river Bure,
bends to the south at an acute angle with
former course, and for about three miles runs very
close to,
ing to
and almost
parallel with the sea.
It is interest-
row past the wharves and quays, where many
48
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
quaint and picturesque bits present themselves, but on
account of the rapid flow of the the river
much
tide, it is
not a part of
frequented by the river yachts.
As Yarmouth has guide-books necessary here to expatiate upon
all to itself, it is
its attractions.
not
A.
"SOW," GREAT YAE3IOUTH,
CHAPTER YARMOUTH TO
N
IV.
ACLE.
going back to the yacht, we found that she was moored in the North River, or Bure, having been quanted under the
two fixed bridges, and the mast was being slowly
raised.
The
big pole
masts of these river yachts are very
heavy and unwieldy, and I
when
the
am
always glad
and raising Sometimes they
operation of lowering
them again
is
safely over.
have lead weights permanently fixed to the heel of the mast (which latter swings in a tabernacle), but generally,
lumps of
ballast
have
to be shifted
and hooked on, a
troublesome "pinch-finger" business which I avoid in
my own
yacht by using a tackle and blocks. Of course the wind was fair, as our course up the Euro lies north for a mile or two, and then due west as far as Acle
;
and
it is
well
when
it is fair,
miles are very uninteresting.
There
for the next twelve is
nothing whatever
52
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
to see, except eel sets craft are generally
built
on them.
out of the
way
They
These Noah 's-ark- like
and boats.
made
out of old sea boats, with a hut
are shoved a
of wherries,
little
and the
way up
a dyke,
eel net is stretched
across the stream, waiting for the eels, in their annual
seawards, to swim
migrations
wooden buoys, one on each
into
it.
Those
side of the river,
two
mark
its
position.
Almost and
we
got aground;
hard
fast too, for the shoals are frequent hereabout.
We
at our first starting,
waited for the tide to float us a rope ashore to a
man on
off,
and
the bank.
to help
it
we
sent
The rope was not
and Wynne undertook to bend anThe man set all his weight on it, the knot
quite long enough,
other to
it.
parted, and the man disappeared on the other side of the embankment, where there was, we knew, a deep ditch.
Presently he reappeared, dripping wet, and in a towering passion.
a
little
He
refused to assist us any more, so
longer,
and as the
tide rose,
we waited
we were again
afloat.
Once round the bend by the Two-mile House we sped
away
at top speed to the westward, with frequent jibes
as the river bends.
tremendous
force,
The
great
boom came
over with
and made the yacht quiver again,
although we eased it all we could by rallying in the The low, dull banks passed rapidly by, the only sheet.
land-marks being solitary houses, known as the threemile, four- mile, five-mile, six-mile,
and seven-mile houses.
Then we came
where there
to Stokesby Ferry,
is
a group
68
YARMOUTH TO ACLE. which would make a
of houses,
where there
is
the entrance to the
and an inn,
accommodation, called the Ferry
tolerable
Then, on the
House.
picture,
some
right, are
"Muck
marking
sluices,
Fleet," a shallow,
muddy
dyke, only navigable for small boats, which leads to the fine
group of Broads known as
Of these we shall have something
Broads. wards.
A
separate excursion has to be
come
as they do not trip,
to say after-
made
Muck
experiment, I cannot
recommend
others to do
got through
this
to Acle
Here
a fixed
for
the wind before dark,
we were
Wroxham
spirits,
attained an upright position,
" Whatever
and
is
it
As a matter of
mud, and when
it it,
in mid-air.
going to happen
after a frantic
In the exu-
refused to depart from
course, the pole sank deep into the
Wynne
now ? " he
exclaimed,
gymnastic exercise on the top of the
and
quant,
it
Wynne
on his back in the middle of the dyke.
slowly
with
he attempted to jump a wide
dyke, using the quant as a leaping-pole.
so checked
then,
fated to spend the night
here, in consequence of a freak of Wynne's.
berance of his
and
dinner,
although we might have sailed up to
is
"When we
to be lowered.
we stopped
it.
we came
from Yarmouth.
bridge, where the mast has
row
Having once tried this
Fleet.
mile and a half further on, and
bridge, twelve miles
and
to them,
within the round of a yachting
unless you drag your jolly over the sluices, and
the four- miles -long
A
Ormesby and Filby
bent,
finally
broke,
depositing
54
RIVEKS AND BBOADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK
We it
with laughter, and, as
fairly shrieked
him
served
right, for laughing as
rolling into the ditch,
As we had had
when
to get a
Wynne
said,
he did at the
man
the rope gave way.
new quant from Yarmouth, we
to wait here until the morning,
and amuse ourselves
with fishing for bream, of which large quantities
caught here, and of good weight. ing station, and
new is
is
now
Acle
is
may
a capital
fish-
from Norwich by the
accessible
Acle
line to
Yarmouth, branching off at Brundall. a charming village, and offers many residential
ties to
who
those
amusements.
he
are fond of country
facili-
and aquatic
life
It is within easy reach of all the best
Broads, lying on the rivers Bure and Thurne, and not far
by water
Yarmouth.
to
the " King's Head,"
There are three good inns
the " Queen's Head," and the
The most convenient
"Angel."
"
is
the
one by Acle
who
well
understands and can supply the needs of yachting
men
bridge (the
and
anglers.
Angel
"),
There
is
kept by Mr. Kose,
staying accommodation at the
inn, a wagonnette to meet the trains, fishing boats to let,
and every attention from the
mooring the river
host.
As
there
is
wide and deep, Acle
to the
and angling
is
rapidly becoming a
station.
wide breadth of marsh there
Owing wind for sailing, and the reaches above Acle Bure.
good and
to both banks, especially above the bridge,
favourite yachting
mouth
is
are wider
and
finer
to
is
a tru
Thurne-
than any other parts of tho
CHAPTEB
V.
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HE
wind, on the next morning, was from
the north-west, a head wind for us, and
was
there that to to the
little
of it;
we could not stem
quant
mouth
so
little,
for three miles.
to
the west,
of the river Thurne, leading to
strength,
Wroxham.
and as
we were
had
Then we came
Hickling Broad, up which we intended to
our return from
indeed,
the tide, and
The Bure turns
the wind
off
sail
sharply
gradually gained
able to dispense with the
on
in
unwelcome
labour of quanting.
The
first
noteworthy spot that we came to was St.
Beuet's Abbey, situated on the north bank of the river.
Once upon a time covering
Now
much
it
must have been a mighty
ground, as
nought reminds us of
its its
building,
scattered ruins
testify.
founder, sensible
King
Canute, but a fine archway, with some contiguous walls,
upon which a windmill has been
erected, but
which
is
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
58
now
itself
in ruins,
and two massive
parallel
walls,
standing about two hundred yards to the eastward; also, there are
arched doorways, and strong walls in the
house by the riverside, whose cool recesses speak of This house was once a public-house we ancient days. ;
landed to get a drink of buttermilk, and lay in a store of eggs and butter.
We
also climbed to the top of the
ruined arch, whence a wide prospect
is visible,
and one
count a goodly number of churches.
may
Opposite the ruins
is
a dyke,
down which a wherry
turned.
"
Where
does that lead to
" To South half
down
it
;
?
"
asked Wynne.
Walsham Broad, which
boat, which draws about five feet Still, we can go down in the jolly, here,
and
there
is
is
and, although wherries can
fish for perch.
This
is
a mile and a sail
down,
this
six inches, cannot. or, if
you
like, stay
a noted spot, because
a hard gravelly bottom, and, by the way,
might have stopped at Thurne mouth, which
is
we
a good
place for pike."
" I like exploring these dykes, so I vote we go down to the
Broad."
and overtook the wherry, which had been aground, and she gave us a tow down. The Broad, which was formerly one sheet of water, has, by the
So we
started,
growth of reeds and plants, been divided into two porThere was nothing particular to be seen in the tions. but on rowing into the further Broad, we saw first one ;
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59
a cottage on the right bank, which, with
long, low
its
honeysuckles and roses, its trees and its landing-place, formed a most tempting object for a sketch, and one the artist would do well to seek. The thatch, deep eaves,
Broad of
it
The
is private,
its
save for the navigation across one part
South Walsham, and the fishing
to
old course of the river formerly
is
preserved.
made a
horse- shoe
bend down towards South Walsham, and the present straight channel by the Abbey ruins is an artificial cut.
The
site of
the
Abbey
is
an island of
midst of a great extent of marsh. the boat
we saw
the
with his rod in the
man
About a mile the river,
further,
half,
on the counter,
tow of a large perch, which we secured.
on the right hand, as we ascend
mouth
the
is
When
fast asleep
river, in
weighing one pound and a
ground in the we got back to
solid
of the river Ant, leading to
Barton Broad and Stalhain, of which more anon. " The
river
is
getting
uncommonly
" and this slow tacking enables Wynne, advantage, eh
!
How
close
we
pretty,"
me
said
to see it to
steer to the fishing boats
I
me, why do fishermen in Norfolk wear such extraordiary hats! Here is another dyke. Can
and, pray
we
sail
tell
down
it ?
"
" If we only drew four feet of water,
we could go on
to
Eanworth Broad." "
Then, on
my
next cruise here, I will get a yacht that
does not draw more than a wherry does.
It is
absurd to
have such deep draught yachts where there are so Let us row down." shallows.
many
CO
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
Ranworth Broad so
that
is
a very pretty Broad, but grown up
The
divided into two.
is
it
the village of Kanworth,
navigable to
private, as is the other portion of the
very strictly frequent
it.
eastern half
is
but otherwise
Broad.
This
is
preserved, on account of the wild fowl which It is
permission has
a favourite fishing place, although
first to
be obtained from the owner, who,
however, cannot be expected to give leave indiscriminately.
It is not
waters in this
worth while seeking
district, for
other fish than pike, seeing
that the free fishing in the rivers
could wish
for.
From
to fish in private
is
as good as
any one
the eastern part of the Broad, a
very pretty picture, with the church in the back ground,
on a wooded height,
Then
to
is visible.
Horning Ferry, where, as we approached, a we had to
horse and cart were being ferried across, and
BOBHXHO VILLAGE.
Cl
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The public-house
and the chain lowered.
across,
ferry
a few minutes, until the huge raft was safely at the
a very comfortable one, with a nice sitting-room
is
and garden
in front, It
head-quarters.
and is
is
a capital place to
about
Wroxham
Norwich, and four from
miles
nine
make
one's
drive
from
railway station.
A
further on is Horning village, a picturesque group
little
of houses, straggling along the river bank, with a large
windmill on the
hill behind, making a good picture. Here our ears were greeted with the song which, for generations past, the small children of the village have
chanted to passing yachts
"Ho John !
Barleycorn
Ho John !
:
Barleycorn,
All day long I raise my pong " To old John Barleycorn.
That
It is simple
is all.
from too
The
turns to the it
and extracts coins
left,
at right angles to its
passes the village, and on the north
a reedy sheet of water, called Hoveton Little
is
Broad, where there gulls.
effective,
easily pleased holiday-makers.
river
former course, as
bank
and
On
is
a small colony of the black-headed
the south side
is
a small, but pretty Broad,
Decoy Broad. Then the river turns more sharply to the left, and we sailed due south, called
the
having come due north by Horning. " What a number of anglers there '
:
and the singular thing
catching
fish.
is,
How many
are
" !
said
still
after
Wynne,
that they always seem to be "
have you caught
out to two fishermen in a boat.
?
he called
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
C2
" About six stone,
was the reply; " but we have been at it since daylight, and they bite very slow." " I must say I think Norfolk a very favoured county, with
all
sir,"
these splendid rivers and free fishing
;
and one
place seems as good as another."
"
Yes, as long as you pick deepish water, and get
under a "
Do
lee."
they groundbait the place where they fish
?
"
" Not before they come, but while fishing they throw
good deal of meal, mixed with water and clay. If they were to groundbait one or two suitable places on in a
both sides of the for a
river, so as to
be sure of getting a
lee,
day or two before they fish, they ought to get even
more than they do now. Here is a boat-load Ask how many they have caught." jack.
trailing for
and the reply was, " Fifteen, but they run from two pounds up to seven."
Wynne
did so,
all
small " People here either fish for pike with a live bait or :
with a spoon. You rarely see anybody spinning by casting, or even using a dead bait on a spinning flight. Now, I know that in the hands of one or two people, a trail
With
three large
tackle, and roving about bank, you may get many pike and perch."
close to the
paternoster has proved very deadly.
minnows on your '*
I'll
try
it
in the
morning before breakfast," said
Wynne. In another mile the river again turns westward. the north
is
On
a very large Broad, called Hoveton Great
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Broad, whence comes the clangour of a large colony of black-headed gulls.
The Broad
is
not navigable for
anything of greater draught than a small sailing boat
and now
access
all
across the dykes,
consequence,
by
visitors.
and
;
it
has been barred by chains
it is
strictly preserved, chiefly in
to
it is
said, of the disturbance of the gulls
The
gulls flew, screaming, overhead, in a
white cloud, so that the air seemed the half-grown
young ones
as thistle-down.
floated
filled
with them, and
on the water, as lightly
nothing like so Although large as the famous one at Scoulton Mere, near Hingham, in Norfolk, yet larly
when
this colony is
it is
extremely interesting, and particu-
the eggs are being hatched
off,
and the
little
brown
balls, which represent the young birds, are and running creeping about the reeds and grasses, and swimming in and out of the water-divided tussocks. Air fluffy
and water and grasses seem thrilling with abundant life, and the ear is deafened with abundant noise a noise, ;
however, which, discordant as the music of the nightingale. at the east end,
of
it is,
has for a naturalist
The water
where the gulls
are,
an exceeding great depth. Some years ago the American
is
very shallow
but the soft
weed,
mud
is
Anacharis
alsinastrum, that pest of our inland waters, so completely filled
this
surface.
Broad, that a duck could walk upon the
It
then suddenly decayed, at the same time
poisoning the fish so that they died by thousands. this time the
Broad has been comparatively
free
Since
from
it
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
During Wynne's
we
visited
it
the
visit
time,
we turned
to
said,
"I
see
don't
Broad was
still
open, and
After rowing about for
in the jolly.
go back to the yacht, and the
sails
some
Wynne
of the yacht anywhere.
Where can she have disappeared
I
to ?
know
that the
river is over there, because there is the sail of a
over the reeds, but there
and
it is
"I
You have
no use your rowing that way.
your way,
We
wherry no channel through the reeds,
is
my
lost
boy."
only laughed at him and rowed on. tell
you that there
Oh, yes, there
is
;
no way into the
is
river here.
I beg your pardon, but I should have
rowed about until doomsday before I found the way off." " And you couldn't have landed, for I don't think there is is
a bit of solid ground
all
But where
round the Broad.
"
For there was no sign The wide opening on the opposite
side of the river
man had
taken her on to
the yacht
?
suggested that perhaps the
of her.
So we rowed on, disturbing a kingwhich was perched on a bullrush, and there was
Salhouse Broad. fisher,
a picture.
Wynne
cried,
"On!"
with delight,
although I have seen the like so is
always fresh in
its
beauty.
many On the
and,
times, the scene placid
bosom
of
the small lake the yacht lay motionless, while a pair of
swans, with their brood of cygnets,
swam
near her.
Outside the ever-present boundary of green reeds, was a
darker circle of trees, and crowds of yellow bright bit of colour in the foreground.
lilies
On
made a
the further
C5
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The
bank.
it
a wooded
thud of the jolly against the yacht's side
aroused a wild duck; a shoal of rudd broke the surface, as they sprang from a pursuing pike,
still
and the
red-and- white cows, which had pushed through the reeds to drink, stood looking at us contemplatively.
We
dropped the anchor, and got tea ready, and Wynne at a water-colour sketch, brush in one hand,
worked hard
bread and butter in the other, palate, plate, and sketchblock mixed up, and the brush going as often into his
teacup as into the
we
After tea,
mug
of water.
landed, and walked into the long and
straggling village of Salhouse, in search of bread fresh meat,
and on our return, climbed
bank, whence a
fair
prospect
met our
and
to the top of the
At our
eyes.
feet
were Salhouse Broad, and the smaller Broad next to
which I
with water
lilies
doubling upon a land
Broad latter,
;
outside
;
itself,
Hoveton Broad
to the left
;
these,
the
sinuous
river,
as though loth to leave so pleasant
many
to the right,
white
and Wroxham
sails flitting
about on the
and more yachts coming slowly up the river. is a navigation across Salhouse Broad to
There house
it,
Salhouse Little Broad, a lakelet covered
call
Sal-
Staithe, but the present owner of the Broad
discourages sailing upon
it,
not to anchor or moor there.
and the reader
is
advised
The old times when one
could come and go upon the Broads as a matter of
apparent right are
now
past.
GO
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
We eggs,
went
and
to Girling's farm, close by, to get milk,
butter,
and
I
may
has comfortable rooms to whilst the situation
We air
a
quanted
let,
suitable
a
We
river to take us gently on.
had
As we came up
to Wynne. asked him to reach me something
Broad, I
out of the cabin.
family,
Broad, and found just sufficient
surprise in store for
Wroxham
for
unsurpassed for prettiness.
is
off the
moving on the
little
and
mention that Mr. Girling
When
he was safe
put the
inside, I '
helm up, and we slipped through the gatway into the Broad. When Wynne came out of the cabin, instead '
saw the wide- stretching Broad, the Broads, for her beauty, size, and depth
of the river banks, he
the Queen of
of water combined.
" This river.
is lovely.
What
a match
?
I
had no idea that we had
a string of fishing boats
1
left
the
Are they having
"
Angling matches are very favourite amuse-
"Yes.
ments here, and the prizes are sometimes valuable, and sometimes very miscellaneous in their nature. They are very sociable, well-conducted gatherings,
and I think
the Norfolk anglers would meet with old fzaak's approbation, as being honest and peaceable men."
"
They
always so " Not
all
look very happy.
many
quite.
But,
tell
me, are there
yachts here as there are to-day
The
fact
is,
there
is
?
"
a regatta of the
Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club here to-morrow, and is
always a genuine water
frolic.
This
is
it
a favourite
WROXHAM.
A OLE TO
place at
all
times
;
Wroxham
from
Wroxham by
We
only seven miles by
is
from Norwich, and the Broad
67
is
rail
only a mile and a half
water."
drifted across to the other side of the
there dropped our anchor,
and made
all
Broad, and
snug.
was a lovely evening, and yacht after yacht came upon the Broad, and anchored anchoring, by the way, meaning, in the majority of cases, dropping some pigs It
;
of ballast overboard, at the end of a rope, for the is
mud
so soft that an ordinary anchor would drag through
it.
We
the
moon shone
late as
visited our friends
it
was,
we
did not turn in for a long time, but
floated about in the boat, until
it
was very
on various yachts, and then
so brightly out of a cloudless sky, that,
and yarned about old times,
late indeed.
HORNING FEEKT.
CHAPTEB VL
WROXHAM BROAD. HAD
scarcely closed
my
eyes, it
me, ere I was awakened by
seemed
to
Wynne moving
about.
"
What "I am
and
I'll
are
you up
to ?
"
I cried.
going to paternoster for perch,
take the casting-net to get some small
fry."
"Oh, dearl why morning
?
can't
you wait
until
the
"
It is four o'clock and broad daylight." " Then and don't come back until breakfast time.'' go,
4'
It is
And
I
think
morning.
drew the curtains over the windows, and tried was quite dark, and to get to sleep again.
to
it
On awaking I heard the sound of a piano. My first thought was, "Where am I?" I found that I was on the boat, sure enough, and
was no more
it
was seven
o'clock.
There
sleep for me, for a wherry, fitted up as a was lying near, and her crew had not only got a yacht,
C9
WROXHAM BROAD. piano on board, but played upon the morning. in this
way
large party
It is
it
at seven o'clock in
an excellent plan to rig up a wherry good accommodation for a
for a cruise, as is
and the
secured,
can be well
interior
divided into several sleeping-rooms.
The presence
of
and up so early, was rather a row away for one's dip. Up to
ladies aboard the wherry,
nuisance, as one
had
to
eight o'clock, the Broad
who can
is
generally sacred to the men,
take their plunge overboard with safety.
Presently Wynne came back. " Well, what have you caught " Two about five
?
"
pounds each, and three perch, have got some minnows
jack,
about a pound each.
If I could
I should have done better, but the roach I got were too
large for paternostering, into a row, too.
and not
lively
found a bow net set among the
I
weeds, and there were three large tench in it
up
to look at
considerably at talkative,
it, its
first
I got
enough.
;
As
it.
I took
owner appeared, and slanged me but when he cooled down, he got
and told me that the reaches of the
river
by
Salhouse and Hoveton Broads are the best for pike, but that all the
way down
to
Horning Ferry
is
good.
the way, I saw a lot of boats fishing on the Broad
when they saw
I set out, and they went on to the river
me. "
The Broad
No
;
a tax of
is
not preserved,
is it ?
By
when
"
but one of the owners, Mr. Chamberlin, levies 2s.
Gd.
on fishermen, and as
it
goes to the
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, one ought
to
pay
it-
70
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
willingly.
Broad
in
Poor men can't pay it, so they fish on the early morning, and then leave for the
the
They walk here from Norwich,
river.
overnight,
and
begin to fish before daylight, and as they can get a boat at
Wroxhain
for a shilling a day,
it is
not an expensive
pastime for them."
"I saw some notice boards at Salhouse, but there was so much on them, and the letters were so small, that I could not read them, but I suppose they were
meant "
warn people
to
Yes, there
is
off."
unfortunately too great a disposition
amongst owners to try and close the Broads against the fishing public, and even to interfere with the old navigation rights, but there are praiseworthy exceptions,
and here comes one, the owner
of this
end of
Wroxham
Broad." This
[Note.
now
is left
as first written, but
to say that since the death of
it is
necessary
Mr. Chamberlin, the
owners of the Broad have obtained a decision in the Superior Courts that the public have no right to fish on
Wroxham
Broad, and although the navigation question
has not been raised, the owners claim the Broad to be private property.
At the same time they courteously of closing the Broad to the
disclaim any intention
reasonable enjoyment of the public.
Broad
is
moor
there at night, on account,
Sailing
on the
freely permitted, but yachts are not allowed to it
is
said, of the un-
avoidable refuse floating against the private pleasure
71
WROXHAM BROAD.
Persons also are not allowed
grounds of the owners. to land.
be hoped that the good behaviour of
It is to
the public will remove
all
Broad
idea of closing the
to
the public, which would be nothing short of a calamity.
The
on
regattas
Broad which used
this
sources of amusement, have been quite partly
on account of the
to
be such
discontinued,
difficulty in getting the present
racing craft up the North Biver, and partly through the reluctance of yacht owners to ask the favour of sailing
where they formerly supposed they had a right.] As the sun rose higher, so it grew hotter in too great a ratio,
and the breeze was too
much
light to afford it
was a won-
derfully pretty sight, such as could be seen
on no other
English inland water, save Windermere
the yachts,
excitement in the
too, are
way
much
very
of racing.
like the
Still,
:
Windermere yachts, but The follow-
carry even more canvas than the latter do.
ing are the dimensions of a 10-tonner of that time length on keel, 25 feet
;
over
all,
34
Ordinary canvas would be, mainsail
28
feet 6 inches
leech, 23
feet
;
foot,
;
36
foot,
topsail yard of
23
feet.
are largely increased.
35
feet,
feet
;
and
and
feet
;
luff,
beam, 10 23
leech,
luff,
48
feet
;
42 feet feet,
:
feet.
head, ;
jib,
with a
For racing, these dimensions For fast sailing and quick turn-
ing to windward, these boats are justly celebrated, but the Broads are so rapidly growing shallower, that their
draught, about five
them.
A much
feet, closes
more
many
of the
Broads
to
sensible type of a large boat for
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
pure comfort in cruising (though not for sport in sailing) one founded on the wherry plan, with a large main-
is
and drawing not more than three feet of water. For such boats under 10 tons, the " Una " type is the sail,
best.
shallow draught would enable
Its
with the
it,
centre-board up, to go anywhere, and penetrate into the
most charming recesses
of this wild country,
deeper yacht can never see.
Its
beam
which the
and
gives safety,
also minimises the inconvenience of -the
centre-board
case in the cabin, and a high booby hatch would give
The one
head-room.
sail
owner has but ordinary
skill
very handy, and
if
her
and energy, he could
sail
is
her alone, and so dispense with the expense of keeping a man. is
"Without this expense, yachting in these waters
a reasonable and very cheap amusement.
marks are
who have what
for the benefit of the great
me
written to
facilities
for
These
re-
of people
at one time or another, to
know
economical boat- sailing and living
exist in these waters.
handling by a
number
skilled
For
fast
sailing
and ease
of
person, the present improved type
of sloop or cutter cannot be surpassed
on any waters.
Well, 10-tonners and 4-tonners, open cutter-rigged sailing-boats of a very fast type, canoes with battened sails,
luggers and boats,
and wherries
and steam launches puffed
sailed to
noisily about,
and
fro,
and marred
the beauty of the scene, as well as upset the glasses
and
dishes of breakfast or luncheon by the swell which they caused.
The people paid very
little
attention to the
73
WROXHAM BROAD.
this great racing, but set themselves heartily to enjoy
water picnic.
Wynne went woodland
ashore,
and
with glimpses of
vistas,
some pretty the Broad, and the
discovered
between leafy boughs of oaks, and under glancing of Scotch firs. Also, he discovered that at lofty arms sails
the farm at the lower end of the Broad, Mrs. Newman's,
rooms
there were
had taken them, kept the
Of
to let,
and that an
artist friend of his
so there he stayed for a long time,
jolly, in spite of
vigorous hails for
the adventurous journeys of yachts
Wroxham
and
it.
up
to divers
Regattas, of the exploits of elated yachtsmen,
and the mishaps of careless ones, of the fun and merriment attendant on these annual gatherings, the writer At present, we must has written in another place. hurry on.
In the evening we
sailed, or rather
These reaches of the
Bridge.
The
extreme.
river
quanted, up to the
were lovely in the
and brimming river reflected the and groups of trees, while acres of
clear
marginal flowers
marsh shone with the yellow iris flowers. But, alas the woods and the sloping fields kept off the wind, and I
made one wish
that the upper entrance to the
Broad
were widened and made navigable.
We
came
to the Bridge at last,
and moored
to the
bank, watching the homeward-bound holiday makers arrive
in
number
yachts,
and
boats,
of the latter having
and wherries; a goodly
numerous passengers. F
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
74
Wroxliain has two decent inns, where good boats and bait
may
be obtained
Jimpson's (the "King's Head"), largest, but both com-
and Whittaker's, the former the fortable.
UELAUG1I CHURCH.
CHAPTER VIL WROX 11 AM
HE
TO COLTISH ALL.
bridge at
WroxLam
The mast,
and low.
is
very narrow
of course,
had
to
be lowered, and the yacht quanted under the road
and railway bridges.
A wherry
passing under raised her rnast too soon,
and damaged the ornamental vane, which consisted of the inevitable figure of a Welsh girl with a high hat and holding a bunch of leeks. " There, I must have a new Welsh girl," said the
wherryman. "
Why
is
such an emblem chosen in Norfolk, of
"
places ? asked " Some
thirty years ago there
after the
famous Jenny Morgan of
such a vane.
was a wherry named the song, and she had
It took the fancy of
such an extent that they
all
adopted
the it
wherrymen
river here is very narrow,
to
in the course of
time."
The
all
Wynne.
and Wynne, who
7G
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. " " on the putty twice, before he
steering, put the yacht
could be induced to give up the helm to the man,
know
professed to
The
river.
river
the exact depth of every part of the
makes a very long loop
just above Wroxham.
On
In this loop
some very
said to hold
who
is
to the south,
Belaugh Broad,
large carp, but
it
is
preserved.
the neck of the loop, on a high bank, stands Belaugh
Church, a prominent object for some miles, as you follow the river.
the view from is
it
It is very picturesquely situated,
Close by the church
is characteristic.
a draw-well, with a pent-house over
sketching. of the
which
There
is
and
it,
well worth
a pretty backwater, or old channel
near here, called "Little Switzerland,"
river,
worth rowing up, but unfortunately the owner objects even to artists visiting it, and hence it must be is
considered as sacred ground. It
came on
to
blow very hard, as we finished the
three-mile loop of river, half a mile from
entered
it,
and the
and as the wind was
river narrow,
up under the
made
meat
and ran
where we at once
for our dinner to-morrow, which, being
Sunday, we intended to spend at superior to
most Norfolk
The
Coltishall.
villages,
old houses with rounded gables,
men
the mainsail,
jib alone, to Coltishall,
a rush for the butcher's, just in time to secure a
piece of
is
fair,
we lowered
where we
the corners sharp,
is
village
and contains some
and a
great business of the place
The
fine church.
malting, and
many
labour as maltsters in winter and boat-builders in
WROXHAM TO COLTISHALL.
DYKE NEAR OOLIUBAU*
summer, so that summer at Coltishall,
when
one at a reasonable
The
is
the time to get a boat built
either Allen or Collins will build
you
rate.
good in this portion of the river, and there are great numbers of jack here, although they run rather small. In the spawning season, the bream fishing is very
head up here in large numbers, and as there season in Norfolk,
The
first
many
anglers follow
lock on this river
is
is
no
close
them up.
just above the
village,
and on the bye- stream stands Horstead
mill, a very fine
specimen of the Norfolk water-mill.
It
stands
upon
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
and the stream runs under
arches,
course, being undershot.
It
from below, and, in
picture, seen
it,
the wheels, of
makes a very fact, if
effective
you row your
jolly up the left-hand stream, as you go up, you will see
very
many
lovely bits worth the painter's attention.
I
have photographed some of them, as I can't sketch, but photographs cannot depict the colour. It is in the soft living light
beauty
lies,
of colour,
The
of these
Norfolk scenes
that
their
chief
but they cannot be depicted without the aid
and only imperfectly then.
and yachts drawAylsham, some eleven
river is navigable for wherries
ing but
little
miles further
to
water, right up ;
but there are two more locks before
reaching Aylsham. Coltishall is accessible
the next station to able there.
by
rail
Wroxham, and
The jack
fishing
is
from Norwich, being lodgings are obtain-
very good
all
the way.
.
:
LUDH/Uf BRIDOK.
i
CHAPTER
VIII.
UP THE ANT> TO BARTON AND STALHAM. |
IYNNE had
undertaken
steward, and so
far
the
office
we had
of
fared
sumptuously, but as we were tidying up on
the fact
Monday morning,
became apparent that the provision lockers were nearly empty.
"The
fact is,"
he
"I thought there would
said,
be a better chance of buying things, as we went along,
than there appears to be, for with the exception of butter
and eggs, we might as well be on the shall
we do
?
prairies.
Now, provisioning is a very perplexing ticularly when it is for several days, and as at
Norwich made-up hampers of provisions
parties could be obtained,
sent to us at
What
"
Wroxharn
with a light but
fair
we telegraphed
station,
wind.
behind, and caught several
thing, parI
knew
for
and departed
We
trailed
that
for fishing-
one to be in hope,
a pike-bait
jack, and two or three good
82
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
We
perch.
were three hours getting to Wroxham, and
while the mast was being lowered, station to
meet a
train then
coming
Wynne went to the He returned in
in.
hamper of good things, and our difficulty end. Once we spent a Sunday at Wroxham,
glee with a
was
at
with nothing procurable to eat but biscuits, and once, at Barton,
we were
obliged to fish for our meals.
Meat
so soon goes bad on board a boat, and one does not
A
always care for tinned things.
good wrinkle
is
to
have a bottle containing a strong solution of permanganate of potash on board, and then a few drops placed in a pint of \\ater will
make a most
liquid, with which you
and wash out the
As
may
efficient
safely sprinkle the meat,
lockers.
the day advanced, the breeze got up,
o'clock
we were
deodorising
at the
mouth
and by two
of the river Ant, ten miles
from Wroxham.
As we turned up
man "
narrow and shallow waters, our
said,
We
shan't get very far up this river,
drawing so
"
its
much water
No, but we can get
have arranged
We
for
sir,
with a craft
as this." to
Ludham
an old lateener
Bridge, and there I
to be waiting for us."
touched the ground several times before we got to
the bridge, about a mile up, thus showing that a very fine
Broad
is
practically closed to the possessor of a
large yacht of the usual type.
the bridge in charge of the
Wo
left
man, and
the yacht below
Wynne and
I
WOODLAND POOL
IBBTEAD.
UP THE ANT, TO BARTON AND STALHAM. transferred ourselves
on board a
six- ton lateener,
broad and very shallow, with bluff bows years old,
if
;
83 very
a boat sixty
a day, only drawing about two feet of water.
She had an enormous lateen
foresail,
and a mizen, and
she subsequently formed a picturesque object in Wynne's
A wherry was coming through the low and narrow bridge, and, as the water was high, she had sketches.
some
difficulty in
The wind was
doing
it.
fair for
a large portion of the way, and
we bowled along very fast. Where it was ahead, owing to a bend in the river, there was no room to tack, and one of us would jump ashore with a
Ant
The
is
line,
just like a canal, except that it
fishing in
and tow.
The
has no tow-path.
remarkably good, particularly at Irstead shoals, where there is a stretch of water about it
is
half a mile long, with an even depth of four to five feet,
and a
firm, level, pebbly bottom, a curiosity in this land
boggy streams. This is an excellent spot for perch and pike. It is marked by the presence of a church on the western bank, and is one of the few places on these
of
waters where a person safety or comfort.
who cannot swim can bathe with
The muddy bottom,
of course, pro-
As you approach the entrance to Barton hibits wading. Broad, the bottom becomes muddy again, and the Broad itself is full of
the water
is
mud;
there being large "hills" where
not more than two feet deep.
gable channels wind between these out by posts.
The Broad
is
hills,
The
navi-
and are marked
a mile long, and very pretty,
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
84
and the entrance
mouth
and a half miles from the
to it is four
of the Ant.
In our light-draught lateener, we
ignored the channels, and sped about
all
over, often,
however, finding our speed diminished, as the keel cut through the soft mud, and turned up yellow volumes of
mud and
portions of Broads, the
colour, is
It is a curious fact that in
behind.
and
mud
is
some Broads
of a light yellow
in other portions black.
As
the result of decayed vegetation, this
all this
mud
difference is
singular.
There
is
an
island in the Broad, where a
artificial
We sailed picnic party were then enjoying themselves. away into the long bight which leads towards Neatishead, where the bowery woods, fringing the water, spoke of welcome shade, but we were brought to a stop by the
mud, and had some very lovely
difficulty in getting back.
Broad, we found we had much
On
this
better stick to
the channels, which were wide enough, and explore the
The
shallows in the jolly.
good.
I do not think
fishing here is remarkably
any objection is made to angling must be obtained for
for coarse fish, but permission
The Broad, though the water is fresh, is affected by the rise and fall of the tide. Going on one I in missed the the channel, and ran so dark, night
pike fishing.
hard on
was
"
hill," that in
at its height,
means ere
to a
of lines
we could
we had
and
float
the morning
to lay the
when
yacht on her
the tide side
by
tackles to the nearest channel posts
her
off.
The Broad
is
easy of access,
UP THE ANT, TO BARTON AND STALHAM.
87
Stalham railway station, and hiring boats at Stalham, whence a row of about two miles will bring
by going you on
to
to the Broad.
At the north end of the Broad, a wide dyke northwards. the Broad
;
This divides into two about a mile from the left-hand one leads to
Walsham, becoming a
We
leads
Dilham and North
canal, with locks
and water-mills.
took the right-hand one, and on coming to another
sub-division, took the left-hand one, the right leading to
a grown-up piece of water,
The course we chose
known
as Button
Broad.
led us over Stalham Broad, which,
though marked on maps as a piece of open water, now only consists of a tract of marsh, with a dyke kept open
end of this dyke. Here " " Maid's there are two good inns, the Swan," and the
through
it.
Stalham
is
at the
Head," and there are plenty of good boats for hire at the waterside. Stalham has a station on the Yarmouth
and North Norfolk Railway, and as a
fishing station is
considered very good.
We
caught a pike in the dyke, at luncheon time (ours as his), and a big fellow of about fourteen
as well
pounds in weight was said a large
fish strike at
at our spinning-bait.
to
haunt the
spot.
We
saw
some roach, but he would not look Within sight of the dyke end is a
tumble- down house, with a thatched roof, b ,</ken-backed, ;
and altogether so jumbled and anciePviooking, that makes a capital subject for a sketch-.
it
In the afternoon we sailed quietly back to the cutter,
88
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
and took both boats back
to the Bure,
and down
it
to
Abbey, which we reached by moonlight. had taken a great fancy to the lateener, which
St. Benet's
Wynne
had been lent to me by a friend, and as we wished to explore the Broads about Hickling, all too shallow for the cutter, we decided to take both yachts up the Thurne to
Heigham
we took
Bridges, and leave the cutter there, while
the lateener up on the wide, wild waters above
The next morning we devoted
the bridge. ing, at the
mouth
casting-net.
We
of the
to pike fish-
Thurne, getting our bait with a
got up very early, and were moored in
a convenient spot, and
all
rigged up ready to start before
the mist had risen off the water.
I do not intend to go
into the details of our sport, which
was not out
of the
way, but by one o'clock we got six pike, from four to ten pounds in weight, and put back four under- sized fish. This was with
live bait,
without moving more than one
hundred yards from the same
spot.
CHAPTER IX
WO MACK BROAD. tired of fishing,
we had
a swim, and
then dinner; and, late in the afternoon,
we
hoisted
sail,
and the man in the
I
to a stiff breeze,
cutter,
and I hi the
Wynne
lateener.
They ran away from me so quickly, however, that could not stop them at the entrance to Womack* Broad,
had intended, and was obliged to go in chase of them up to Heigham Bridges. The round, bluff bows
as I
of
my
old lateener, designed to support the heavy mast,
which raked forward over them, made such a hollow in the water,
and raised such a big wave, that
was impossible. As sank so that it seemed as fast
not
uncommon with
breeze.
It
was
if
she must run under, a fate
lateeners,
more than
Swandjke.
before a
stiff
combined with
twice the length of the boat
* Sometimes called Wannick, or tion of
when running
this peculiarity of theirs,
the large foreyard,
sailing very
was, the nose of the boat
it
Wandjke,
said to be a corrup-
92
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
which caused the
windward, however, they are easily
For turning to uncommonly handy, and
rig to fall into disuse.
managed single-handed.
The Thurne
is
a fairly
wide stream, with deep water, so that you can tack close
up to the banks. It is four miles from the mouth of the Thurne to Heigham Bridges, and the cutter was there ten minutes hefore me.
DBAINAGE MILL
KITES THTTBNB.
" I say, Wynne, I wanted you to stop at that dyke, half is
way
up, but I could not
a charming
little
Broad
make you hear me.
there, called
Womack
There Broad,
and a picture ready composed, so bring your paint-box, and we will beat back in the lateen."
We reached the dyke in half an hour, tacking in that narrow channel with great celerity. 11 This boat turns more quickly than the cutter, I think
;
at all events, there is less trouble in
managing
WOMACK BROAD. her," said
bowed
"
Wynne.
lugger, with
Do you know
95 that I think a fine-
main and mizen
would be a
rig,
handy boat for these waters." " Some of the old lateeners have been turned into luggers,
and
sail
very well.
Here
is
the dyke, nearly a
mile long, and fringed with ferns and flowers, reeds and bulrushes, iris and forget-me-nots." " Here conies a
wherry.
is
no room "
What
we do
shall
There
?
to pass."
We
must go take the mast out
windward
to
Here
of us.
of her, or her sail will is
made wide
a place
to
admit of wherries passing, and we can hold on here There, that was a tight
until she gets by.
The boat ward gaffs
sailor
must be very
of the wherries in
and
sails take
fit."
careful to keep to wind-
narrow waters, as
their
up a great deal of room, and
catch your mast, they
may
carry
it
huge
if
they
away, or capsize you.
more important not to get across the bows of a wherry, as she would get the best of the encounter, It is still
and a small yacht very much the worst often that accidents
of
happen through any
It is
not
collision,
but
it.
occasionally the crew of a row-boat get bewildered and
row across the bows of pleasure
is
of a wherry, sailing fast,
turned into mourning.
A
and a day
special Provi-
dence seems to watch over amateur boat-sailors, and is
marvellous to see
how
it
they come unharmed out of
predicaments which seem most serious. The wherries are sailed remarkably well, and you can generally rely
90
RIVERS AND BROADS OF
on
their carefulness, so that
NOUFOL.fi.
AND SUFFOLK.
you may
sail
should be remembered, the wherry's sailing of business,
therefore,
only; there
and the yachtsman's
is
well to give
it is
your yacht
One thing
rigidly according to the rule of the road.
is
a matter
a matter of pleasure
way
to a wherry, if
any doubt on the point, and not hamper her
is
unnecessarily.
The dyke we were then
sailing
down
Womack
long, leading westward to
once a nice sheet of water, but
is
is
about a mile
Broad, which was
very rapidly growing
up, each year seeing an accretion to the growth of spongy
marsh, and an additional layer of mud on the bottom. At present, the channel is navigable for wherries, which
Ludham
ply to
On
village, at the further
the right-hand side, as
end of
we entered
it.
the Broad,
is
a
an old-world picture a boat-builder's shed, large and old, and of picturesque construction, stands on the bit of
:
margin, amid low bushes and under the shade of mighty trees.
Beneath
a large boat, of an age and type
it is
unknown, and a wherry hind the boat-house
is
sleepily awaiting repair.
Be-
a barn, whose high- thatched roof
shaded by the branches of a cherry tree. By the side of the boat-shed is a dyke, where sundry small craft are
is
ensconced.
Behind
all,
and peeping out of a garden run and scattered about,
wild, are low, thatched cottages,
among
the
"knees"
tall
grasses,
are
trunks of trees, curved
of oak, suitable for boat-building,
up boats and punts.
On
the
still
and broken-
water in front
is
WOMACX BROAD. moored a
floating eel-fisher's hut,
sense of the repose of the past.
has
left its
emblems
and
97
around
is
the
The former busy
life
all
resting in acquiescence with the fate
which contracts the sphere of their usefulness, day by day, and year by year, as the vegetation slowly, but
That dense growth of reeds which would not bear the weight
surely, drives out the water. lies
upon a skim of soil and now undulates with the movement
of a dog,
water, but in three years' time of a
may
bear the weight
man.
An
old
the artists take
it
of the
man who
lives
near there, grumbles because
come and paint
his cottage
and broad, and
away pounds' worth of sketches, and never think of
sending him a picture in acknowledgment. It
was a
painted,
and
lotos lake to us that afternoon.
I fished,
and we sailed back
to
Wynne Heigharn
Bridges by moonlight.
Womack Broad charts, but those
should not pass
it
is
not shown upon some maps and
who
are susceptible to a lovely scene
by.
OUDGEOX.
CHAPTEE
X.
IIICKLING BROAD.
EIGHAM
Bridge
is
much room
not little
above
it
\vhich the Eastern
a small stone one, with to get through,
and a
the railway bridge, over
is
and Midlands Kail way runs,
with a station not
Near the station is
is
far off Potter Heigham. " the " Falgate Inn, where there
A
comfortable accommodation.
inn by
way
and on
of a sign,
its
gate hangs over the
bars
is
inscribed the
following
"This gate hang high But hinder none. Refresh and pay
And
The omission verb
is
of the
truly
middle classes.
s
travel on."
in the third person singular of the
and common even among the At the bridge is the " Waterman's Arms,"
Norfolk,
where one or two bedrooms, and a small parlour, scrupulously clean, are obtainable. in a sort of
ail
Just by the bridge,
wooden " Peggoty's Hut,"
lives Applegate,
99
HiCKLING BROAD.
who has good round
as
is
near
jack
and rowing,
good the
as
it
The
can be, and I never
bridge,
within
while,
stowed
for hire,
remarkably neat boat-house.
in a
away
boats, sailing
fishing all
get a
fail to
miles
four
lie
Hiclding and Somerton Broads, Heigham Sounds, and For myself, I should prefer this as a Horsey Mere. fishing
and boating
wildness of the
The
tide
plexed
way
station, to
any
other, because of the
district.
and I caught on and the looking in a perbridge, Wynne standing river
at
ebbs and flows strongly;
at the rate the perfectly fresh water of the
was running up stream. The exit of these waters Yarmouth was twenty miles away, by water;
Heigham Bridge from the
only between four and
is
running eastward, towards the daily rise
by the "
and
fall,
salt tide,
"
sea,
and the
lakes,
which
though only a few inches, actuated
" so near,
and yet so
far."
Verily, this is a strange country," said
not, I should think, visit
miles
five
and the water was now
sea, in a direct line,
beyond the
Wynne,
possibility of a
" and
sudden
from the sea." No, those light-coloured mounds in the distance are
the sea- banks, of sand, only held together by scanty
marram
We
grasses.
We
will
pay them a closer
visit."
got the lateener through the bridges, taking
cient things for a night's absence,
the Thurne, which seems
and take that
of the "
now to
and
lose its
sailed
name
Hundred Stream."
suffi-
away up
as a river,
About half a
H
100
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
mile above the railway bridge
is
the
mouth
of Kendal, or
Candler's, Dyke, a narrow winding stream, up which
we
turned, soon to find ourselves bordered by tall reeds on
and then
either hand,
water and reeds so
This
through a wilderness of
sailing
that they bounded our view.
tall
Heigham Sounds, now
is
a capital place for wild fowl attain a very large size,
;
greatly overgrown,
also for rudd,
and go in immense
is
Hickling, Horsey, and
nominally preserved, but
At
not seem to be interfered with. channel and the dykes one likes,
fair anglers
all events, in
do the
pretty well do as one
may
and no attempt has ever been made
exclusive right to
In the
Kendal Dyke, I have caught a
good number of pike. The fishing on all these Broads the Sounds
Out
shoals.
of the channel the water is extremely shallow.
channel, particularly in
and
which here
to set
up an
I note that a Fishery
the rivers.
Preservation Society has been formed to abolish illegal netting,
and
to overlook this
auspices of this
it is
district,
and under the
probable that riparian owners will
not object to anglers taking a share of the superabundant fish out of the
advisedly,
assure
me
number
and
Broads. will
that they
I call the fish superabundant
adhere to the term until anglers can
know what
of fish they catch,
away on the bank,
after
to
do (usefully) with the
and cease from throwing them ascertaining their weight and
number. Well,
we
sailed as close to the
wind as we could
and
103
HICKLING BROAD.
and could just
nothing goes closer than a lateener
lie
the channel through another reedy lake, called Whites-
on to the vast expanse of Hickling Broad, a lake 400 acres in extent, and looking three times as large,
lea,
owing
to the
extreme lowness of
shores, the absence
its
any landmarks, and the great concave sky, which seems to fit close down all around it. A channel across
of
it is
marked by
sailed over to
posts,
which we
The width
it.
left to
Broad
it
is
is
twenty yards wide, and
so shallow that
we
is
you will have no guide. At
all
the rest of the
of the channel
determine by experiment, as there
a guess,
starboard, as
you might wade over it, and bottom almost everywhere.
find a hard, yellow, gravel
Trusting in our two-feet draught, thither,
and
felt
we
sailed hither
and
our way checked, as the keel cut through
masses of weed, and then the bound forward, as the boat entered a part clear of weeds.
weed have
These bunches of
lately increased greatly in Hickling Broad,
which used to be comparatively
free
from them, and the
promontories of reeds are pushing themselves further
and further
into the lake,
ting shallower. to
Still,
be able to stand a
We side
sailed
of the
station,
down
and the bays between are
the lake
little
on the
line
get-
large enough, as yet,
filching from.
to Catfield staithe,
Broad, and not
to Hickling staithe,
is
on the western
from Catfield railway Then we went already alluded to. at the north end, where there is an
" Pleasure inn, the Boat,"
far
and walked into the
post letters, and to receive some.
village to
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
Boats of a rough kind can be obtained here for fishing
They are long, narrow, and flat-bottomed, purposes. and the usual method of propulsion is by "setting." The setter sits in the extreme stern, and pushes the boat along with a light pole, at a great often setting races at local regattas,
rate.
There are
and great fun they
are.
The number
of broken-up lateeners
on the shores of
the Broad attest the decay of large pleasure-boat sailing
on these remote waters, but the smaller
class of centre-
HICZLINO 8TAITHE.
board boats are coming into favour, and
more
are, perhaps,
suitable.
After lunch
we had
to reef the great foresail,
which
was not an easy operation, as the reef was taken in along the yard, and we had to go into the jolly boat to get to
105
HICKLING BROAD. *
the end of is
species
that
him
is, it
The
it.
very fond slipped
jolly boat of,
committed a joke
itg
under similar circumstances;
away from under one
of us,
and
left
clinging to the yard, with his legs in the water.
I shall never forget three days I spent, on Whiteslea
and Heigham Sound, for the fishing and December with a friend. I stayed in the on the small island in Whiteslea.
and two men
we were
that I
There was a
ourselves in the lonely house, where the
slept
floor,
and the beds were so
completely clothed in
bitter north-easter
though I
I never
am
felt
my
oilies.
sweeping over the dry
reeds under a leaden sky, and the sport slowest.
cottage
had two boats
to attend to us during the day, but at night
left to
water oozed through the
damp
We
fowling, one little
was
of the
the cold so much, accustomed
to winter pike-fishing.
illETHAM BROAD.
CHAPTER
XI.
HORSEY MERE AND SOMERTON BROAD.
T was
work
exhilarating
Hickling Broad, and
sailing
we were very
to leave its wind-swept
waters.
over loth
We
had a rare run back along the channel, and over "Whiteslea, and then turned sharp to the
left,
up the Old Meadow
dyke leading to Horsey Mere. is
a mile long, and of
fair
This dyke
depth, but so
narrow that people fishing on the banks had to hold
up
their rods as
swept the tops of the reeds.
we
passed, while our sail
Then we shot
into
Horsey
Mere, a lake of 130 acres in extent, with a small island in the middle.
It
was very
clear,
and very shallow, the
channel for wherries lying along the west side of Palling dyke, which leads north-westward
miles until
it
The white
it,
into
for several
reaches almost to the sea. sand-hills
on the coast were plainly
and the thunder of the surf was
visible,
audible, as the sea
was
HORSEY MERE AND SOMERTON BROAD.
We
but a mile and a half away.
one
else does
who
the east end of too
to
rough
it,
what nearly every
did
in a yacht
visits
Horsey and walked to the
;
landed at
coast, but
These sand-hills
bathe.
107
it
was
form a very
curious barrier between the salt and fresh water.
They and high, and make one wonder by what force wind and waves they attained their present shape and
are steep of
dimensions, in so
flat
a country, and
why
the like forces
do not dissipate them over the plain. Breaches have been made in them by the sea, from time to time,
when a very high
notably in the winter of 1791,
made
several
gaps, and threatened
to
tide
overwhelm the
marshes inland. " I like this Mere as well as any of the Broads," said
Wynne, when we returned and
still
lonely,
and
its
to the yacht.
quiet
is
roar and unrest of the sea close by.
here "
?
"It
is
so very
in such contrast to the Is the fishing free
"
supposed to be preserved, though I don't suppose anyone will object to our catching a pike for
No,
supper,
it
is
if
you wish.
There are no pike
like those in
Horsey, the proverb says."
But the wind had
fallen as suddenly as it arose,
and
the glamour of a fiery sunset shone over the silent mere.
An
occasional cry of coot, or duck, or splash of fish, and
the distant sound of the sea, but emphasized the stillness
around
us.
as the dusk
We
sat
on the cabin
came slowly
on,
roof,
and talked
lazily,
and our voices were low, in
unison with the evening hush.
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
" I do not " that wonder," said Wynne, you are so fond of these waters. An evening like this, in such
watery solitude, makes a strong impression upon one."
Horsey Mere
is
There
only accessible by water.
Martham
railway station
about four miles
off,
is
a
but
if
you walked from there you could get no sight of the Broad without a boat, and boats are not procurable. "
What
Wynne,
as
these
are
we
lay
cushions
down
with
stuffed
?
"
asked
for the night.
"Horse-hair," I expect;
"but then age has made
them hard and crabbed." "
Well, I think that
the
sleeping
accommodation
might be vastly improved in your Norfolk boats geneCanvas cots or hammocks, air beds and pillows, rally. would all be better than the thin cushions there are in the cutter.
needles
And
all
I sha'n't sleep to-night, for I
over
me
already,"
in five minutes he
was snoring
I
ou a deal plank, or even on an oak one, and nights on the Broads.
We
woke very
have pins and
early in the morning,
One could after a
sleep
few days
and found that
a brisk breeze had sprung up, and that the lateener had
dragged her moorings and drifted into the reeds.
She
had taken no harm, for, short of being run down by a wherry, there are no dangers of shipwreck on the Broads,
and you might there
is
drift
about unmoored, for
all
the hurt
likely to accrue.
After a hurried breakfast
we hoisted
the foresail, and
Ill
HORSEY MERE AND SOMERTON BROAD. tore
down
we sped
the dyke into
Heigbam Sounds,
across which
throwing the shallow water into waves,
fast,
which shook the reeds mightily. When we emerged from Kendal dyke into the main stream, we turned to the
and in
left,
than a mile reached Martham Ferry,
less
which was stretched across the were passing across. is
kept in a recess
on either
no one
is
to tend
it,
and
if
it
it
against
required.
and
is
to be
It is a
won-
not regarded
who run
their
too often at night, or when,
One
with the wind astern, they are unable to stop.
wherryman, wherry go
at
exasperated
with
it
all
half a gale, but only
beyond
her force
We
to
when running
smashed the bows it,
fro until the
and then struck the
river,
and
it
dyke,
is
raft
for
it
is
heavily
This
sail in
a hurry,
with great force before
jammed
it
side of the ferry,
it
could
diagonally across the
was half an hour before
At the other
of his vessel, not
wagons had passed, but
a wherry coming up had to lower her
be drawn away.
his
before
withstand such experiments.
and
sailed to
let
endurance,
the ferry a bit or injuring
moving bound with iron
on
some one
until
across.
it
thing to look at,
full tilt
floated
happens
with friendly eyes by the wherrymen, wherries
which
and
when
must wait
appears on the other side to get
clumsy
raft,
side of the river,
the other side, a wayfarer
derfully
some wagons
a large
is
reaching from hank to bank
across,
There
river while
This ferry
it
could be moved.
and at the mouth of a
a capital place for pike and large
eels,
and I
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
can conceive of no better-looking pike place than the mile of stream between here and Somerton or Martham
The water
Broad.
is
deep and clear, with a stratum of
leaves, about four feet below the surface, and here
lily
and there
lilies
on the
As we
surface.
glassy surface, not ruffled by the
sailed over its
on
crossing wind,
account of the high reeds and grasses, we could see thousands of fish of all sizes darting away beneath us ;
and
at the
two,
is
end of the main dyke, where
it
divides into
a deep, clear pool, with a hard, gravelly bottom,
where there are any quantity of perch and large roach. It is the beau-ideal of a spot for bottom-fishing,
"fine and far off" must you deep,
is
Martham
passing clear.
It
fish, for the water, is
easily
but
though from
accessible
railway station, and preferably from Potter
Heigharn, where, too, you could procure a boat.
The right-hand dyke
leads to
Somerton Broad, another
reed-surrounded lake, possessing no particular
merit.
From Martham
ferry we walked up a steep road to the around a broad green, and had we time we would have ascended the tower of the church, which
village, lying
is
a conspicuous object for miles, and from which a
splendid view of sea and lake
is
attainable.
In the church we noted a tablet to one Burraway,
whose history is told more than referred to
there,
but
is
too unpleasant to be
here.
After being so long on board a small vessel, one's legs
become cramped and
unfit for walking,
and the walk
to
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HORSEY MERE AND SOMERTON BROAD.
Martham and
back, only a couple of miles, quite tired
In us, and we were glad to get back to our little craft. half an hour's time we were passing under Heigham Bridge, and watching our man playing a seven-pound
On
pike in the pool below.
had arranged
for
the bank, by the cutter, he
our inspection a score of bream, from
one pound to three pounds in weight, which he and another had caught early that morning and the night before.
Before turning our faces again towards Yarmouth,
may
be mentioned that yachts
may
safely be
moored
it
to
the bank anywhere above Acle, care being taken to avoid the obviously shallow parts.
In
many
places you will notice the eel-sets, which are
fixed nets across the river for the purpose of intercepting
the
silver-bellied eels
These nets are only
on their migration to the sea. and there is a man in
set at night,
charge (sheltered in a rough sort of house-boat or hut), to lower the nets
when
craft are passing, so that they
not obstruct the navigation. are caught in these nets,
and
Immense it
do
quantities of eels
has been proved by an
inquiry conducted by the Yare Preservation
Society,
that other fishes are not caught therein, and that the sport of the anglers
is
in
no wise interfered with.
CHAPTER
XII.
BACK TO YARMOUTH. 'T was two o'clock sail
on the
when we
cutter, leaving the lateener in
charge of the owner,
and
it
hoisted a reefed
was three
who had
o'clock
joined us,
when we reached
Acle bridge, having done tho seven miles in the hour, wind and tide with us. at
four, being
raising
much
the mast,
delayed in
We
left
Acle
lowering and
and reached Yarmouth (12
We
so we made a pretty quick " " laid by the for the night, Ale Stores
and were very
careful to have the yacht strongly moored,
miles)
by half-past
passage.
five
for the tide runs fast.
the wherries dropped
;
We
were interested in the way
down out
of the
North River, with
lowered masts, and a chain or weight out over the bows, so as to retard their speed, as they drifted stern steering, of course,
first,
by the pressure of the faster- flowing
tide against the rudder.
We had
intended to drop
down
in a similar way, through the swing bridge just below
BACK TO YARMOUTH. us,
and
to go,
eight miles
;
by
sea, to Lowestoft,
115
a distance of only
but as the wind kept getting up, and
Breydon was white with foam, we put off making up our minds until the morning, for the disproportionate bowsprits and open wells of the river yachts are not very suitable for sea work.
Of course, we
strolled
to the quay- side
upon the
We
by moonlight.
and then returned
pier,
found that
it
was
dead low water, and that the yacht had receded so much below the level of the quay, that no plank within reach
would touch her.
The man was
in the forepeak fast
was a long time before we could wake him, asleep, and then we jumped on to some wherries lying near, and and
it
he brought the jolly to us.
We
woke
at times during the night,
and
felt
the boat
swaying, and heard the wind howling in the rigging to a very pretty tune.
ment, and although wetting
we should
In the morning there was no abateit
was
off
the land,
get at sea,
Breydon, and up the Waveney.
make
is
As the
until the middle of the morning,
and rowed down
to the
we shirked
and decided tide
to
the
go over
would not
we took
the jolly
harbour mouth at Gorleston.
It
interesting to note how, for three miles, the river flows
parallel with the sea, and,
mile from
it,
the
dividing land being nothing
substantial than shingle is it, also,
tants of
on the average, under half a
and sand.
more
Deeply interesting
to read of the early struggles of the inhabi-
Yarmouth
to
maintain a navigable waterway.
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EIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AKD SUFFOLK.
Sometimes the
river
would open a new
and sometimes they made a new one after
time,
the river
wearing away
mouth got
outlet for itself, for it
silted
and, time
;
up with
of this soft eastern shore.
the
Even now
there is often insufficient water at the bar for deeply-
laden vessels of ordinary
size,
and the entrance
is
par-
ticularly unsafe for sailing vessels to enter unassisted at
certain times.
Picturesque sights abound on the river,
and the quays. Fishing smacks taking their brown nets on board from carts ranged alongside; boats of every form and
and
size
hauled up on the beach
;
vessels building
vessels in dry docks, undergoing repairs
;
;
a regular
covey of smacks, in tow of a powerful steam tug, and
hundreds of similar sights of deep interest to a bitten with the joint love of the water and the turesque.
man pic-
CHAPTER
XIII.
YARMOUTH TO SOMERLEYTON.
N
reaching the yacht, after rowing back
with the
of the flow,
first
we
started
with two reefs down to beat over Breydon, on which the wind against the raised a respectable
tide
for it
having been north-west south-west wind squalls.
Many
times
ings of the well,
awash. " This
is
sea.
There
was a great deal of weight in the wind, was veering towards the south-west,
is
generally full
we had
and the
something
all night,
lee
and a strong of puffs and
the water over the coam-
plankways were always
like fun!
"
gasped Wynne, as he
eased off the jib sheet to a squall, and the salt foam dashed in his face ; " but there won't be much skin left
on
by the time we get to the top of Breydon. These enormous jibs are horrible things to have to work If the yachts had finer bows, they would nofc want
my hands
118
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND
much
nearly so
head- sail, and would go as
fast, if
not
faster."
This was heresy to our man, rig for river boats all his
life,
who had
seen no other
and he and Wynne had a
heated argument on the matter, without either being
much
On
the wiser.
reaching the top of Breydon,
up the Waveney,
we turned
for half a mile, as far as
passing over the dreaded
to the left,
Burgh
Castle,
where a wherry
Burgh flats, and a yacht were both hard aground, waiting for the tide to float them off. The deep water channel is not near the line of posts as one would imagine, but close
We
along the west shore. stick,
and landed
to
No of
and
touched two or three times,
moored alongside a wherry, inspect the ruins on the top of the hill.
but did not
at last
one passing along these waters should miss the ruins
Burgh There
Castle, a
is
Roman
station of great interest.
a very extensive stretch of massive wall, with
and we spent a making sketches of the ruins, and
towers at intervals, and at the corners considerable time in
;
admiring the extensive view.
We
could,
but the next
if
we
five
chose, continue on
up the Waveney,
miles of river are narrow, uninteresting,
and with a heavy run of tide, while at the end is a fixed St. Olave's, where the mast would have to be bridge lowered.
up
to the
So we turned back
mouth
of the
new
into the Yare,
cut at Beedham.
and
sailed
This
ship canal, about three miles long, connecting the
is
a
Yare
H9
YAEMOUTH TO SOMERLEYTON.
The
with the Waveney.
Reedham end
of
wind should be for
and ebbs from the
It is perfectly straight,
it.
or
down
there
and
if
the
is
nothing it, up Now, however, we had a beam wind, But trouble was in along merrily enough. The canal is wide enough, but it is not us. straight
but to tow.
it
and
tide flows
tore
store for
kept "didled" out (" didling," or "dydling," being a Norfolk term for dredging, with scoops at the end of poles,
and
lifting the
mud
billy -boy,
on
to the banks),
and the
In the distance, we saw a large
sides are very shallow.
or topsail smack, from the
Thames, and as we
became only too plain from the rake of approached, her mast, that she was aground in the very middle of the it
channel.
We
got the mainsail
along under the
jib,
alongside of her. sail,
down
directly,
and ran
and then, as we expected, ran aground
A
and stopped in
wherry coming behind lowered her
The smack was laden with
time.
Colmans' Works, and her skipper, instead round by Yarmouth, had tried the short cut by After much shoving and towing we got Lowestoft. rice for Messrs.
of going
past,
and
left
the
smack
patiently waiting the rise of the
tide, or the anival of a tug.
[Since the foregoing was written, the Cut has been
much improved
in depth
by dredging, and
piling the
banks.]
There
is
very good fishing to be had in the cut, and
the banks are sound and dry, which these rivers.
There
is
is
a rare thing on
a lift-bridge at Haddiscoe railway
120
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
station,
near the end of the cut, which takes some
time to get opened;
this
and even
matter when
as
fast,
also
a
serious
there
sometimes
some time
not
is
fail
to
is
room
to
since a large yacht
A
you are
come
sailing
about.
They
open the bridge wide enough, and
she passed through, by uplifted bridge.
a great inconvenience,
its
had her mainsail torn as
catching on the corner of the
toll of Is. for
each yacht
is
taken,
and a man holds out a bag on the end of a pole to receive it. The toll for wherries depends in amount
upon whether they have the bridge opened for them or go through with mast lowered, and at night a chain used to be put across to prevent them stealing through unobserved, but the chain was frequently "charged" at full speed,
and broken.
In a quarter of a mile we emerged into the Waveney, and, looking back, rather
handsome
we could
structure.
see St. Olave's
bridge, a
There are a few houses
grouped rather prettily, and a good inn, the "Bell,"
by the Bridge, a quarter of a mile from Haddiscoe station, and about a mile from Fritton Decoy, a favourite
close
lake for fishing, which
We
we
shall afterwards mention.
then passed through a railway swing
bridge,
where the East Suffolk Kail way passes over, and sailed without further
incident
some two miles
further
to
another swing bridge at Somerleyton, where the Lowestoft line
passes over.
rivers to pass
This bridge
when wind and
is
the worst on the
tide are against you, as
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YARMOUTH TO SOMEBLEYTON.
am
they so frequently are, and I clear of its piles
and
always glad to be well
projections, through
which the
tide
swirls so swiftly.
The reach below the bridge used whole
river for pike, but the greater
to be the best in the
run of
tide in recent
years and the salter water has spoiled the pike for which one has now to go higher up the river.
There
is
west of the
a very good inn at the top of the bank to the " Duke's line, called the Head," and a very
beautiful belt of side of the river,
obtained,
and
woods
skirts the marshes on the east " where some delicious " bits may be
birds, butterflies,
Somerleyton village
owner of the
is
and flowers abound.
well worth
estate has built
some most
a
visit,
be beautiful.
The
hall,
the
years' wear,
occupied by Sir Savile
Grossley, M.P., stands in a sylvan park.
DACE,
for
artistic cottages
and houses, which, with another score of will
fishing,
CHAPTER
XIV.
SOMERLEYTON TO BECCLES,
FllOM
HE
angling in
all this
part of the
Waveney
extremely good, and the bream and
is
roach are of large
much
so
size.
It is
not nearly
frequented as the other rivers or
the upper part of the Waveney, and practically unfished, in obtaining
station
on account of the
boats, there
nearer than
is
difficulty
being no boating-
Oulton Broad,
five
miles
from away. Oulton Broad, half way to Somerleyton, for the takes of Still,
bream there
lately
and number.
The
is
is
it
worth while rowing
have been wonderful, both as river is
to size
broad and deep, and one part
as good as another, provided that
you
select a suffi-
cient depth of water. "VVe
had no time
not stay to
fish, if
first, fishing after
We
to fish,
there
is
and as a matter
of fact I can-
a good breeze blowing
;
sailing
1
lay to at the
mouth
of Oulton dyke, to get our
SOMERLEYTON TO BECCLES. lunch, which
we had put
125
The dyka
off rather too long.
nearly as broad as the river,
and a mile and a half
long, leading to Oulton Broad,
which we intended to
is
visit, after
going up the
Waveney
At the
to Beccles,
junction of the dyke with the river there
an excellent
is
While we lay a brigantine of 100 tons,
fishing spot, with a great depth of water. there, a large two-inasted vessel,
came along the dyke at a good pace, with set, and looked as if she were going to scoop
topsails only all
the water
Her crew
out of the river with her great bluff bows.
were pointing out to us, as we lay on the Waveney, and presently the hail came across the narrow neck of marsh, " " Do we turn up past you to go to Beccles ? " " Yes, sharp to port ; right around 1
The
topsails
came down, and the mainsail went up
with great celerity, and with the aid of her aft canvas,
and the helm hard
over, she
came round
the acute angle
bend with creditable quickness, looking a Goliath on those comparatively narrow waters
of the sharp veritable
As she was now head
to wind,
down came her
canvas,
and half-a-dozen men went ashore with a long line to tow, and tow they did all the way to Beccles, 13 miles, by which time they must have had enough was in sight all day over the marsh. After lunch,
we
sailed
ever
way
some
the wind
She
it.
up the Waveney, having
tack a good portion of the way; tortuous that
of
but the river
is
to
so
of the reaches can be sailed which-
is,
without tacking.
126 "
RIVEKS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
How
remarkably clear the water
is
" 1
remarked
Wynne. "
Yes, those weeds you see are 14 feet at least below It is a river is deep close up to the banks. us,
and the
very pleasant river to sail upon." " And what a lot of small fish there are
The Waveney ought
"Yes.
fishing river in
England,
it is
smacks,
and
to be the best bottom-
and sweet,
so deep, clear,
but the poachers used to harry long, small-meshed nets,
" I
it
it
dreadfully, with their
was even
to get bait for sea-fishing,
trawled up
Suffolk Fisheries Act has stopped all that, or nearly
and the
too,
and a haunt of perch.
Look
all,
There are
river is rapidly recovering itself.
some very large perch in it, and wherever you bank gravelly and free from reeds, the bottom hard
by
but the Norfolk and
see the will be
at those bul-
rushes."
"
What huge
"
Yes, the
and what a quantity
ones,
marshmen sometimes dry
of
them
" 1
the heads, and
rub them up to stuff pillows aud cushions with."
On
the north bank
the tower of which
is
is
the church of
Burgh
St. Peter,
built in gradually-lessening steps,
and presents a very strange, un-English appearance. The sail up to Beccles is a very pleasant one, and pretty bits continually present themselves.
below Beccles there
is
it,
miles
a swing railway bridge, which
tolerably easy to get through, as there
rush of tide through
Two
is
is
not a great
as under the bridges lower down.
127
SOMERLEYTON TO BECCLE9. Beccles church had been a prominent object
the
all
way, and when we arrived at Sayer's Grove, so prettily sylvan a place that
we went
we decided
to stay there the night,
in the useful jolly another mile
to
Beccles
bridge, 23 miles from Yarmouth, until lately a narrow arched stone structure, but now replaced by a wider and
more convenient
Passing through, we skirted the church, a
bridge.
we came below
the town of Beccles, until sight
no one should miss who
Viewed from the a
commanding
river, it
splendid view westward
in the neighbourhood.
is
hill,
in
Landing, we climbed up a
position.
and reached
series of steps
is
stands on the brow of a
the.
churchyard, whence a
obtained, the river winding in
and out through the green marshes towards Bungay. The south doorway of the church is richly ornamented, but the peculiar feature of the church very high and massive Beccles
is
is
that the tower, a
structure, is separate
from
railway accommodation, as a glance at the
show.
It is a
heavy
rates,
cheap
these
it.
with good
a quiet, old-fashioned place,
map
will
place to live in, as there are
no
the letting
of
being defrayed by
valuable marshes belonging to the town.
It is a healthy
and pretty withal, and would, I
think, be a
capital place for retired persons with small
incomes to
little
place,
settle in.
The for
river is navigable for wherries
and small yachts,
about ten miles further up to Bungay, but the navi-
gation
is
rather troublesome, and there are two or three
locks to be passed through.
128
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
It is
worth while to row up the river a few miles to
Shipineadow lock.
The
river all the
with crystal clear water, and the lock
way
is
itself is
very pretty,
quaint and
old-fashioned.
After laying in
some
stores
we returned
to the yacht,
and spent a peaceful evening in the shadow wooded hill, beneath which we were moored.
KIVKH WAVliNKY.
of the
CHAPTER
XV.
OUT/TON BROAD.
N
the night of very
we were awakened by
the sound
heavy rain pattering on the deck
and cabin
roof,
and presently we
dis-
covered that the recent very dry weather
had opened the seams
of the wood,
and
sundry persistent droppings evaded our attempts to escape them.
"
My
nose
is
wearing away with one dreadful
drop." "
Then open your mouth and catch "What's the matter?" "
A
drop went splash into
my
it.
Oh
"
eye
!
We made merry for a time, but presently became a case of " a drop too much," and we despair.
" !
it
clearly
sat
up in
Just as things were getting uncomfortably
wet, the storm passed
off,
and the morning dawned with
a wondrous clearness and brilliance, while the air was full
of the sweet, earthy scents that arise after rain.
130
The
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. reeds were fresher and greener, and the grasses and
flowers glittered in the sun, like the radiant ripples on
And
the water.
amid the songs of birds and the we bowled along down the a merry pace, and in two hours we had so,
quickened joy of nature, at
Waveney
reached the mouth of Oulton Dyke, the sharp turn into
which necessitated a heavy gibe. A mile and a half of this and Oulton Broad opened out before us. This is the most civilized of all the Broads, and
is always gay with yachts sailing about, and populous with yachts lying at their moorings. It " is of an irregular shape, and in the ham," at bight, or
the north-east end of Also, for
it,
what reason
and worn-out
fishing
the yachts are thickly clustered.
it is
hard
to say,
many
of the old
smacks of Lowestoft are brought
and moored against the bank, where them have sunk, and all are picturesque
into this corner,
very
many
of
in the extreme.
Some
large
sea yachts also use this
bight as a laying-up place for the winter.
The
river
yachts and sailing boats are of every size and
rig,
and a
and out among them is of interest to a nautical At the lower end of the lake is a lock which
paddle in
mind.
gives access for sea-going vessels to is
Lake Lothing, which
a tidal lake, two miles long, ending in Lowestoft
harbour and the
charming
sea.
By
the lock
is
one of the most
hostelries it is possible to conceive.
It
ought
to be called the " Angler's Best," were it not already called the " Hotel." Here there is
Wherry
capital
133
OULTON BROAD.
accommodation
for anglers,
and
boats, bait, &c., are pro-
also another com-
vided at reasonable rates. fortable called the "
There
the "
The railway
is
inn, Commodore," and there are " the landlord two smaller inns, the " Waveney Hotel and of which, George Smith, is an excellent waterman
by,
of the Lake."
Lady
and
now
is
called
Oulton Broad Station, but was
name
formerly Mutford, that being the
The
the east end of the Broad.
for a
and
of the village at
village is very prettily
and
situated between the two lakes,
from the
station is close
is
only two miles
There are lodgings to be had
sea.
there,
combining the attractions of lake, river, Of course, the Broad is
place
has few equals.
sea, it
within easy reach of
Lowestoft, the most attractive
watering-place on the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk.
has a
and
fine pier,
good houses,
cliffs,
It
a capital harbour for
yachts, a harbour for fishing vessels, where the artist will find
much
that
is
and an old part of
picturesque,
the town on the higher ground to the north, which has
many
features of interest.
and bustle
of
Yarmouth, but
It
has not the noise and
it is
gay enough
for reason-
able people.
At Lowestoft, facing the harbour,
is
the club house of
the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club, and annual visitors to Lowestoft
Yacht Club
would find
it
an advantage
to
join
for the sake of the conveniences afforded
the
by
the club-house.
Oulton Broad has plenty of
fish in
it,
and the
fishing
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
4
When
is free.
water
off the
the rivers
are
flooded,
marshes pours into the
and the rank
river, the fish of all
kinds crowd into the purer waters of the Broad in surprising numbers.
Formerly
it
was noted
for its perch,
but for some time they appear to have decreased in
numbers. caught.
Lately, however, they have been
more
freely
In a few more years the benefits of the Norfolk
and Suffolk Fisheries Act
will
be more widely
the abundance of small fish in the rivers plainly
felt,
as
testifies.
Pike are present sometimes in great quantity, but the supply seems to fluctuate
considerably.
For a few
weeks each season they seem to be uncommonly numeand large catches are made. Then they fall off,
rous,
and none are caught for some time. The shooting on the Broad is also
room
large
at the "
collection of fishes
free,
and
in the
"
Wherry Inn is a most attractive and birds, which have met their death
in this locality.
The most Broad
is
interesting
and tantalizing inhabitant
the grey mullet, large shoals of which
seen disporting themselves on the surface.
of the
may
be
They run to
a large size, and seem to average two or three pounds hi weight. rule,
Anglers cannot catch them as a general
but some persons say that they have succeeded,
using small hooks baited with strange baits, such as the
beard of an oyster, or a bit of boiled cabbage stump. fancy that by using a bits of cork,
I
fly cast, buoyed at intervals by and having small hooks baited with gentles,
135
OULTON BROAD.
and then paying out a long line so as to cover a shoal, some sport might be had. At all events, the experiment worth trying some day when there is no wind for The mullet, when alarmed by a net or other sailing.
is
obstruction, has
water,
was
a habit of leaping high out of the
and frequently leaps into boats.
sailing
through Reedham
Once, while I
Bridge, a grey mullet, of
four pounds in weight, leaped into the jolly-boat towing astern,
and was captured.
At Oulton the mullet are
often
shot with arrows
having heavy lines attached, while they are accidentally confined
in
the lock
between the Broad and Lake
Lothing. Well,
we spent
the rest of our holiday at Oulton, and
was saying good-bye to Wynne at the station, I asked him what he thought of the Broads. " The finest places for boat-sailing and bottom-fishing
as I
in England.
I shall bring a boat here in the winter
for wild-fowl shooting
on Breydon, and I
come again next summer." So ended our cruise.
BUFFE.
shall certainly
CHAPTER XVL ORMESBY AND FRITTON.
HEEE
are
still
in Norfolk
some very important Broads and Suffolk, which I could
not mention in an account of a cruise, because they are not accessible from the navigable waters, and, as a matter of fact, I
them
know comparatively
for that reason.
little
about
There are the Ormesby,
Filby and Rollesby Broads, lying together in a straggling group four or five miles north-east-
ward
of Acle.
water, but
Muck
Altogether, they contain 800 acres of
much
Fleet,
The of this is overgrown by reeds. which we passed below Acle Bridge, is their
outlet into the river Bure. sible
from Yarmouth by
They
rail to
are very easily acces-
Ormesby
station,
on the
North Norfolk Railway, and boats may be obtained at the Eel's Foot, and the Sportsman's Arms, the former having
fair
staying accommodation.
The
fishing is free,
at all events to persons going to the houses
named, and
137
ORMESBY AND FRITTON.
uncommonly good sport is to be had amongst pike, rudd, and bream, the number of a catch being counted by the For fishing, hundred, and the weight by the stone. pure and simple, Ormesby Broad
any
is
as
good a place as
to visit.
The other
lake I have not described
is
Fritton Decoy,
a long curving lake, about a mile from station,
St.
Olave's
on the Yarmouth and Lowestoft Railway, and station, on the Norwich and Lowestoft Bail-
Haddiscoe way.
It is only
open to anglers from April to September,
being closed the rest of the year, to protect the wild-fowl
prietors.
Norfolk, I
worked on
by the two proFor a note upon these decoys, and others in
decoys, which are
must
still
it,
refer the reader to a
paper upon decoys,
written by Mr. Thos. Southwell, F.Z.S., published in a
new
edition of that most fascinating book, Lubbock's " Fauna of Norfolk," issued by the publishers of this
book, and for descriptive accounts to my own larger " Norfolk Broads and book, Rivers," published by Wm.
Blackwood and Sons. an exceedingly beautiful Broad, and its waters are very deep. It is, in fact, a lake, rather than Fritton
is
a Broad proper.
It is extremely well stocked with fish,
and good sport may generally be obtained can be obtained at " Fritton Old Hall."
there.
Boats
APPENDIX. KAILWAY ACCESS TO FISHING STATIONS. begin with,
it
may
be well to state
that Norwich itself can be reached from
London by two via jj
lines
one
of railway
Colchester and Ipswich,
and the
other by Cambridge and Ely, the journey
From
taking from three to four hours.
Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft may be reached in an hour of slow travelling,
and as the every
line
station is
runs by the river the whole way, and convenient for fishing purposes,
be desirable to give a
list
it
of them, with remarks
will
upon
the adjacent fishing places.
WHITLINGHAM. This
is
too close to Norwich for very good fishing,
head up, and although occasionally the fish seem to be good takes are to be had. Good rowing boats may obtained at Thorpe Gardens, five minutes' walk from
139
BAILWAY ACCESS TO FISHING STATIONS. the station.
Omnibuses ply between the Gardens and
The reach
Norwich every hour.
of the old river is very
lovely.
BRUNDALL Is the station for " Coldham Hall," at which inn visitors
The inn
can be accommodated.
from the station down the
river,
is
ten minutes' walk
and across the
There are plenty of boats, and the place quented.
From
are large
numbers
down
here
down
of pike,
trailing a bait
is
Buckenham Ferry
to
and
it
is
ferry.
much
there
customary to row
Roach and bream
behind.
fre-
are
plentiful.
BUCKENHAM FERRY.
From
you have ten minutes' walk down the Ferry, where boats are to be obtained, and the
to
this station
fishing generally is good.
CANTLET. Close by the station there
had. up.
water
is
is
the "
Bed House " Inn, where
good accommodation for visitors. Boats can be fish, as a rule, run larger here than higher
The
The water
is
deep and the tide
is fairly clear,
swift.
When
the
some good pike may be had. BEEDHAM.
" The " Ferry Inn
is
ten minutes' walk.
The bream run
Good accom-
do the perch, of which there used to be large numbers under the ferry modation.
boat.
large, so
140
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
The
Eeedham, one part going to Yarmouth and the other to Lowestoft. There is no fishing line divides at
place on the
Yarmouth branch, but on the Lowestoft
line there are
HADDISCOE,
whence the Cut may be
Boats are
fished.
" landlord of the " Bell
obtain, but the
This
you one.
Olave's bridge, might procure
difficult to
Inn, at is
St.
the
station for Fritton Decoy.
SOMERLEYTON. This would be an excellent fishing station
if
boats
could be procured, but you cannot rely upon being able
borrow one. The porters at the swing-bridge, or the landlord of the " Duke's Head," might direct you where to
I think the latter has one or two.
to obtain a boat.
The bream
are very large
and numerous.
The good
fishing in this part of the river has been exemplified
Mr. Winch, of Norwich, five
6|
who has taken 8
bream weighing 20
Ibs.,
by
stone in a day
and one bream weighing
Ibs.
OULTON BROAD. See the last chapter for
full
information as to this
important fishing station.
Another
Line
from Norwich leads to
WROXHAM. 7 miles.
The
pike, although
river is full of roach,
it
is
much
fished.
bream, perch, and
Boats at Jimpson's
RAILWAY ACCESS TO FISHING STATIONS. or Wliittaker's, where there
The Broad
for visitors.
is
also fair
accommodation
a mile and a half
is
141
down
It can be fished by perstream, from the hridge. mission only. Tickets to fish on the Broad can be
obtained through Mr.
Maker, London
C. J.
Greene,
Norwich, at
Street,
Fishing Tackle
2s. 6d.
per boat.
COLTISHALL.
Two
The
miles further.
fishing
is
much
better here
is generally supposed, but boats are not plentiful. Enquire at the waterside who is likely to have one at
than
liberty.
The Eastern and Midlands
line runs
from Yarmouth
through the heart of the Broad District to North Wai-
sham, on the Norwich, Wroxham, and Cromer
The
stations
line.
from Yarmouth are ORMESBY.
A
mile and a half from
which are
The
its
Broads, about 200 acres of
as good as it can be for fishing and bream. Boats at the " Eel's pike, rudd, roach, Foot" and "Sportsman's Arms." Staying accommofree.
is
dation at the former.
MARTHAM.
Not
far
from the
river
Thurne, but the next station
is
more convenient. POTTER HEIOHAM. " " Inns, the Falgate and Waterman's Arms," where
142
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
there
is
Good
staving accommodation.
The
boats at Apple-
Thurne and the channels through Sounds and Heigham Hickling swarm with bream, rudd, perch, roach, pike, and eels. gate's.
river
CATFIELD.
The nearest
station to Hickling, but not so convenient
for boats.
STALHAM.
Barton Broad
is
fishing is excellent.
end of the dyke. "
within a mile and a half, where the
Plenty of boats obtainable at the Inns, the "Maid's
Head" and
Stalham
Swan," both very comfortable.
is
the
a pretty
village.
Thence
to
North Walsham there
is
no
fishing station
of interest.
On
the direct line between
ST. OLAVE'S
is
Yarmouth and Lowestoft,
the nearest station to Fritton.
ACLE Is
now
a station on the
new
line
between Norwich and
Yarmouth, joining the old line at Brundall. Of places not accessible by rail, the chief Ferry, on the Bure, where there at,
is
is
Horning
a capital inn to stay
kept by a good host and sportsman, Mr. Thompson,
relied upon to make his visitors comfortable. At Horning village, the "New "Inn deserves mention, and boats can be procured there. Horning is about four
who can be
miles' drive
from Wroxham, and ten from Norwich.
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK FISHERIES ACT.
The reader
is
requested to look at the Map, and note
the relative position of the various places. it
143
can hardly be said that one
is
As
to fishing,
better than another,
for all are so good.
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK FISHERIES ACT. UNDER
this Act, which was passed in 1877, certain have been made, with which the reader should Bye-laws
make himself
acquainted.
APPROVED BYE-LAWS. CLOSE TIME 1.
No
ALL WATERS.
person shall fish for, catch, take, or kill, or
attempt to
than by rod and line, within the limits of the above Act, any Trout, between the 10th day of Sepcatch, take, or kill, otherwise
tember and the 25th day of January, both days inclusive, or any fish, between the 1st day of March and the 30th
other kind of
day of June, both days inclusive, except Smelts, Bait, and Eels, as hereinafter provided.
NETS GENERALLY. 2.
No
person shall, for the purpose of taking Fish within the
limits of the above Act, do (1.)
Use or attempt set
any of the following things any Net between one hour after sun:
to use
and one hour before
Ouse below Denver
Sluice,
sunrise, except in the River
and in the River Nene below
Wisbeach Bridge. Use or attempt to use, at any time before the 30th day of June, 1890, for the purpose of taking Fish, other than
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
144
Tench, Smelts, Bait, and Eels, any Net having a mesh of less dimensions
when wet than
three inches from
knot to knot, measured on each side of the square, or twelve inches (3.)
all
round.
Use or attempt to use any Net having a wall or facin?, with a mesh of less dimensions when wet than seven inches from knot to knot, measured on each side of the square, or 28 inches all round.
(4.)
any navigable
river,
any Bow
Use or attempt to use, in any navigable Net having a poke or pocket.
river,
any Drag
Use or attempt
to use, in
Net. (5.)
(6.)
Use or attempt to use a drag net of any kind in the under-mentioned waters
(1.) (2.)
(3.)
The River Tare or
:
Wensum
The River Waveney The River Bure, below the lower entrance
into
Wrox-
ham Broad (4.)
The River Ant, below the lower entrance
into Barton
Broad (5.)
The River Thurne, below the entrance
into Somerton
Broad except with the previous permission in writing of the Board of Conservators, under their 3.
No
person shall,
Common
Seal,
within the limits of the above Act, use.
or attempt to use, any net for taking Fish, unless
it is sufficiently
weighted to sink vertically in the water, or take, or attempt to take, Fish
by placing two or more Nets behind or near to each
other, or use
diminish the
any other device or artifice so as the mesh of any net allowed
size of
these Bye-Laws, or to evade this provision.
practically to to be used
by
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK FISHERIES PROHIBITING USE OF TRIMMERS, 4.
No
Ligger,
&c., IN
ACT.
145
NAVIGABLE RIVERS.
person shall use, or attempt to use, any Trimmer,
Dead Line,
or Snare, or
any
like
Instrument or Engine,
any navigable river within the
for the purpose of taking Fish in
limits of the above Act, except Lines for taking Eels as herein-
after provided.
TAKING SMELTS. 5.
No
person shall,
RIVERS TARE AND WENSUM.
within the limits of the above Act, use, or
attempt to use, any Net in the River Yare or purpose of taking Smelts, except a Cast
Wensum
for the
Net or Drop Net, between
the 10th day of March and the 12th day of May, both days inclusive,
and then only between the
New
Mills, in the parish of
Saint Swithin, in the City of Norwich, or Trowse Bridge, in
Trowse, or Trowse Newton, and the junction of the Rivers Yare
and Wensum at a place known as Trowse Hythe, and between Hardley Cross and the junction of the Rivers Yare and Waveney. 6. No person shall use, or attempt to use, a Cast Net or Drop
Net exceeding 16 feet in diameter, in the River Yare or Wensum, within the limits of the above Act.
TAKING SMELTS. 7.
No
person shall,
RIVER WAVENEY.
within the limits of the above Act, use,
or attempt to use, in the River Waveney, above the
Cement works, any Net
Burgh
for the purpose of taking Smelts, except
between the 10th day of March and the 12th day of May, both days inclusive, and then only at the places and by the means hereinafter mentioned, viz., between Rose Hall Fleet, and the
Boat-house Hill, near Beccles, and in the pen of Shipmeadow
Lock, by a Cast Net or Drop Net not exceeding 16 feet in diameter, and
if
any such Net be used between one hour after
sunset and one hour before sunrise, the same shall be used with a light or
flare,
and not otherwise.
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
1-16
RIVERS OUSK, NAR, AND NENE.
TAKING SMELTS. 8.
No
person shall,
within the limits of the above Act, take
or kill, or attempt to take or kill, Smelts in the Rivers Ouse,
Nar, or Nene, between the 1st day of April and the 31st day of
August, both days inclusive. 9.
No
1 person shal , within the limits of the above Act, use or
attempt to use, in the Rivers Ouse, Nar, or Nene, for the purpose of taking Smelts, any Net having a
when
mesh of
less
dimensions,
wet, than five-eighths of an inch from knot to knot,
measured on each
side of the square.
TAKING SMELTS. 10.
No
person shall,
BREYDON WATER.
within the limits of the above Act, use,
or attempt to use, in the water
known
as
Breydon Water, for the months of May, June,
purpose of taking Smelts, any Net in the
and August, or any Net between the 1st day of September and the 30th duy of April, both days inclusive, having a mesh of less dimensions, when wet, than five-eighths of an inch from knot July,
to knot,
measured on each side of the square.
TAKING BAIT. 11.
No
NAVIGABLE RIVERS.
person shall, for the purpose of taking Bait in any
navigable river within the limits of the above Act (except in the Kiver Ouse below Denver Sluice, and in the River Nene below r
AY
isbeach Bridge), use any Net other than a Cast Net, or any
Cast Net having a mesh of less dimensions,
when
wet, than five-
eighths of an inch from knot to kuot, measured on each side of the tquare.
TAKING BAIT.
ALL WATERS.
12. No person shall, within the limits of the above Act, use, or attempt to use, any Cast Net exceeding twelve yards in
circumference, between the llth day of October and the 1st day of April in each year, or any Cast Net exceeding eight yards in
circumference at any other time of the year, or any such net,
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK FISHERIES ACT.
147
having a sack, or purse exceeding- fourteen inches in depth, when extended, for the purpose of taking Fish for Bait and the word ;
" Bait" shall
mean Roach, Rudd
or Roud, Bream, Dace, Ruff or
Pope, Gudgeons, and Minnows, measuring
from the nose
No
13.
less
than eight inches
to the fork of the tail.
person shall, within the limits of the above Act, Net
any time on a Sunday and no person shall, within such limits, Net for Bait at any time on a week-day except between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset, nor for Bait at
;
unless such Bait
is
for use in angling, or trolling, or taking Eels
within the limits of the above Act.
TAKING EELS.
RIVERS YARE AND WENSUM,
ABOVE HARDLEY
No
14.
person shall, for the purpose of taking Eels in
Rivers Tare and
following things
Wensum, above
Ilardley Cross, do
tli3
any of the
:
Use or attempt
(I.)
CROSS.
to use in the
months of
April,
May, and
June, a line with a hook or hooks, except in connection
with a rod used for the purpose of Angling.
Use or attempt to use any Net in the mouths of May, and June.
(2.)
April,
Use or attempt to use at any other time of the year, a Line, whether fixed or not, with more than one hook, except
(3.)
in connection with a rod used for the purpose of Angling. (4.)
Use or attempt
to use
any Net other than a Skim or Skein
Ntt.
TAKING EELS. 15.
lines
In
all
ALL OTHER WATERS.
other waters within the limits of the above Act,
with one hook only, whether fixed or not, and fixed Nets,
but no others, 16.
may be used at any time for taking Eels only. No person shall use or attempt to use, in any water within
the limits of the above Act, a
taking Fish other than Eels.
Dag
or Spear, for the
r pu pose of
148
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK,
ALL WATERS.
Any
17.
person, within the limits of the above Act, taking
Eels, or Bait in any Net allowed by the Bye laws to be used for taking Smelts, Eels, or Bait respectively, shall immediately return such first-mentioned Fish to the water
any Pish except Smelts,
without avoidable injury. 18.
The foregoing Bye-laws
shall not apply to
known
fresh-water Fish, or to the water
as
any other than
Breydon Water,
except as to Smelts, as hereinbefore provided.
/
hereby certify that the foregoing
lans made by the
Board
is
a true Copy of the Bye-
of Conservators under the above Act,
that such Bye-laws have been approved by one of
Her
and
Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, and have been duly advertised as approved Bye-lams in newspapers circulated in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and have been otlierwise published as the
Board
directed.
Sealed by order of the Board.
TABLE OF RIVER DISTANCES. C ARROW BRIDGE.
FROM
YA.BE. Miles.
To Trowse Hythe
i
,,
Thorpe Second Bridge Whitlingham Ferry
,,
Corby'sDyke Postwick Grove
,,
Hall
Wood's End ,,
,,
,,
,, ,,
.
1*
Hardley Mill
.
.
,,
.
Hassingham Dyke . LangleyDyke
,
.
13* 14
.
Dyke
.
Cross
.
14* .
Norton Staithe
.
.
Walpole's Reed Bush Buckenham Ferry .
12}
.
2
.
Wilde's Cottage Surlingham Ferry Coldham Hall
Miles.
To Cantley Red House ,, Devil's House
7* 9 10
10}
,
Reedham Ferry End of New Cut .
15J 17
Upper Seven Mile House
18J
Bemey Arms
20} 21
,
. Burgh Flats Yarmouth Drawbridge
,
Gorleston Pierhead
,
15*
15*
.
.
25 27*
TABLE OF RIVER DISTANCES.
149
FROM REEDHAM BRIDGE. WAVENEY. Miles.
Miles.
To ,,
Herringfleet Bridge
3
Somerleyton Bridge Oulton Dyke
4ft
Broad
7ft
To Mutford Lock Lowestoft Bridge . Pierhead
8i
FROM YARMOUTH BRIDGE. YAEE.
9|
150
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
TTTUTWE.
ANT.
jf7.l
To Thurne Mouth Potter Heigham Bridge Candler's Dyke Hickling Staithe
To Mouth
15$ 19
.
.
.
.
19J
.
.
22 j
.
.
Bridge
.
.
,,
Ludham
,,
Mouth of Barton Broad End of Barton Broad Stalham Stalham Staithe
From Yarmouth Bridge
to
,,
,,
From Acle Bridge ,,
Seven-Mile House Stokesby Ferry Acle Bridge .
to Fishley Mill
,,
,, ,,
,,
,
,
,
,
Ferry Poiut Entrance to Wroxham Broad >
Wroxham
From TVroxham Bridge
to
Bridge
.
,,
From Thurue Mouth
to ,,
,,
Wroxhnm
Bridge
13J 15
27
34 45
Heigham Bridge Kendal Dyke
.
,,
,,
Mouth of Barton Broad End of
,,
,,
End
,,
,,
of
10
Aylsham
JLckliug Staithe
..
7* 9
Coltishall
Ludham
,,
5J
7
to
From River Ant
12
18
Aylsham Bridge to
8* 10
4
Belaugh Coltishall
From Yarmouth
24$
6 <
Horning Rectory
,,
23*
.
i
M
,,
22 \
.
3J
.
,,
.
.
Thurue Mouth St. Benefs Mouth of Ant
,,
18} 21 f
House
Six -Mile
,,
,,
.
17J
Runham Swim
,,
,,
mitt.
Ant
of
Bridge
Stalham Broad ..
Staithe
FISHING GENERALLY.
TIDES. m.
h.
It ia
Yarmouth Bar.
30,, 40,, 40., 40,.
Cantley Coldham Hall
Oulton
Horning The Tide flows and ebbs
later than at
43
high water at Lowestoft
,,
in the
,,
Bure one hour
than at
later
Yarmouth Bridge. Neaps.
Spring*.
The
rise at ,,
Yarmouth
is
Lowestoft
,,
Cantley Oulton
6 feet
6J
,,
2* 2
.
4
.
5J
feet ,,
H
.
. IJ Tides, however, vary according to the strength of the wind and the quantity of flood water in the river.
The
..
and
direction
FISHING GENERALLY. IN the rivers water,
it is
customary to
and the shortness
fish in
10 to 14
swims necessitates the
of the
line being heavily weighted, in order that
rapidly.
The
when used
floats
it
may
sink
are necessarily large, particularly
for the lower reaches,
siderable tidal current.
The boats
with the stream, not across
it,
as
the swims are thus very short. clearer waters, the
feet of
where there are
moored
is
a con-
in a line
on the Thames, and For the upper and
Nottinghamsystem
of angling
might
be advisable, but in the more turbid lower reaches the Norfolk style for
at
is
some
provide
Worms are used Worms are procurable
practically the best.
bream, and paste for roach.
of the tackle shops, but anglers will do well to
them
for themselves if possible.
152
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
Boats are charged for at the rate of from a- day,
Is. to 2s.
but are rather rough concerns, except at Oulton.
Ground-bait, consisting chiefly of meal and clay, largely used, but a place
As
there
the wind
is
is
is
rarely baited
ample choice of stations, always at your back,
and you
will
is
beforehand.
moor
so that
thus have smooth
water in front of you.
Small roach as bait for pike, are procurable at most of the waterside inns, at Is. to Is. 6d. a score, but to get the best sport obtain fish from other waters, particularly
dace and gudgeon.
Pike
are, of course, the chief fish in Norfolk,
and are
In the rivers they do not run
plentiful everywhere.
very large, a ten-pound fish being considered a good one, but in a few years' time, with the freedom from
netting the rivers
now
enjoy,
we may
expect some very
In private waters there are veritable monsters, but the stranger is not large ones to be caught in the rivers.
likely to
make acquaintance with them.
Live-baiting and spinning with a spoon, or artificial bait trailed behind a boat, are the usual for pike in Norfolk.
modes
of fishing
Trolling with a dead gorge, and
spinning with a dead bait by casting, as in the Thames, are
comparatively rarely practised, although I believe
that in
"pay."
some portions
of the rivers these
methods would
I have seen fly-fishing for pike practised with
success here, and I firmly believe that on
shallower Broads
it
would be very deadly.
some
of the
158
FISHING GENERALLY.
Perch are only locally
bottom
suitable
Hickling, and in
for
common
wherever there
is
a
them, as at Irstead Shoals and
some portions
of the
Bure and Wave-
ney, but they run to a large size, and are sometimes
caught between three and four pounds in weight.
Bream
most common
are
of
all,
by hundreds and the stone weight.
and
and may be caught They run up to five
pounds in weight, and a take by two rods in a
six
day of 150, averaging half-a-pound
apiece, is not a rare
event.
Roach close to
are very
numerous and
large,
many running
two pounds in weight.
Budd
are beautiful
game
fish,
common
in
some
Broads, particularly Ormesby, and give rare sport get
among
of the if
you
a shoal of them.
Eels are, of for
"babbing" on to worsted,
course,
present in
any number, and
them, with a bunch of is
not a bad
way
worms threaded
of passing a
warm
night.
Tench rod and
common, but
are line.
They
are not often caught with a
are taken in
bow
nets,
and run
very large. In hot weather, in June, they may be taken by the hand as they bask in the shallow water among the weeds. ticular
mode
Some fishermen
are very skilful in this par-
of catching them.
Carp are caught sometimes, but not often, although there are plenty of them.
Dace and gudgeon are not navigable waters as other
so frequently caught in the
fish.
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
154
Chub and
barbel are
The bream
unknown
in the
Broad
District.
are so excessively abundant that they spoil
the fishing for other fish, notably for perch, and I think
would be an excellent thing if the different preservation societies would set apart a few days each year for
it
systematic netting to thin the bream, replacing the other fish,
and
What
selling those retained.
is
anglers of catching thousands of small
the good to
bream
Are
?
not a score over a pound weight each better than tenscore fingerlings ?
Judicious thinning out, under proper
supervision, would have a most
beneficial effect
on the
size of the fish generally.
There are several preservation
Yare
Preservation of
Greene,
Maker,
is
Society
London
Street,
is
which the Mr. C.
Norwich, Fishing
the honorary secretary.
societies are to abolish netting
the river for fair angling.
societies, of
the chief.
The
The
J.
Tackle
objects of these
and poaching, and protect subscriptions are nominal
and yet they are supported entirely by local efforts. As a rule, none of the anglers from London and other (5s.),
distant parts,
who come down
to Norfolk
and have the
best of sport, contribute anything to the societies which are instrumental in furnishing is
exceedingly shabby
those
who have been induced
through
my
writings will at least
to Norfolk anglers of assisting
make
them with
of visitors here, to
visit
make
them
sport.
and I
This
trust that
the
Broads
the small return
in their efforts to
these waters the best public fishing places in the
kingdom.
155
FISHING GENERALLY.
There are a few professional fishermen to be hired by the angler. "Professor" Day, of Kichmond Hill, Norwich, water,
is
one of the best, and knows every inch of
and there are some good men
at Oulton.
Strangers frequently complain that they cannot meet
with the excellent sport which local anglers,
and
I
to the lot of the
falls
remember Mr. Cholmondeley Fennel
being immensely dispirited at his non-success on our
gentleman who
I lately interviewed a local
waters. well
known
is
and I append my remarks thereon, which will afford
as a successful fisherman,
questions and his
some valuable information.
ROACH. 1.
Where found
Throughout the local streams
brackish
;
at different periods
summer
the
where the water
is
of the year
?
entire
length
fresh
and not
the finest fish and greatest
of
our
salt or
number between,
Cantle^ and Coldham Hall, on the Yare large numbers In winter also in the dyke leading from Oulton Broad. ;
they appear generally to retire to the deep waters, and are
sometimes found in good quantity about Thorpe
Broad, and
may
be angled for with success in deep spots
on the Bure and other waters. 2.
Best periods
to fish for
July to October, but
them
?
good catches
may
often be
had
November, and during the winter and early spring months by any expert angler who doesn't mind the cold.
in
1
156
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOL1L
What
3.
As a
rule,
of the day
time of day at dijjerent seasons ?
but few fish are caught during the middle this is especially the case in bright warm " close " dull, days, however, they will
;
On
weather.
The morning up
often bite freely throughout the day. to about
11.30, and from 3
to
6 or 7 p.m. are un-
doubtedly the best times to fish during summer, and in winter almost any time up to sunset.
What
4.
As a
depth of water ?
rale, the best fish are
found during summer in
the deepest water, and should not be angled for on the
Yare at a
less
depth than nine or ten
On
feet.
the deepest spots that can be found.
the Bure
In March or April
shallower waters should be tried.
How
5.
affected by the tide?
Variously.
Sometimes an angler gets
all his fish
the up tide, and at other times on the ebb.
I,
on
however,
suspect that certain local formations of the river bed,
have much
do with
best I have ever used
is
composed of bran, bread,
made up into firm One of these thrown
boiled wheat, in fair proportions,
balls
about the size of an orange.
in occasionally,
wheat fish
this.
What ground-bait?
6.
The
<and
to
and now and then a few grains of boiled
will generally suffice to
keep a good quantity of
about your boat.
7.
Not
Are places
ever baited beforehand?
often for roach.
Believe this
ally by some, but have never practised
is it
done occasionmyself.
FIS1IJLNG
What
S.
baits are
157
GENERALLY.
most successful?
During summer the most successful baits are welland paste, red or white, in such clear
boiled wheat
waters as the
Waveney and
&c.
White paste
kills
the best iish.
is
the upper reaches of Bure,
on the Yare, the red always In autumn, gentles, and later on
best
brandlings and gentles, or better
There are
"blood." success
occasionally,
many
still,
small red worms,
other baits used with good
but these are by far the most
reliable. 9.
What
For
tight-line fishing in the
kind of rod ?
the rod should be light,
stiff,
deep waters of the Yare,
and from 15 to 18
feet in
For running tackle a shorter rod will do, and Should recommend one of hickory.
length.
for this I prefer
cane for the longer kind. 10.
Number of hook
When
?
the fish are of fair size, I use No. 9, at other
times Nos. 10 or 12. Those known amongst anglers as " Crystal," are excellent for roach fishing. 11.
h
running tackle advisable
Running
strong waters as
lieedham.
?
tackle is decidedly preferable for such deep,
those between
For the slower waters
Coldham of the
Hah and 1
Bure and the
upper reaches of the Yare, I do not consider that running tackle has any advantages worth naming. 12.
Do you
use gut or hair,
For deep-water
and what kind of
line ?
fishing I always attach nine feet of
|
BIVEBS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
158
gut to fine
my
line
six feet
;
moderately stout and three feet
Line, a fine braided
drawn.
shotted line of this
kind has
A
silk.
light, well-
many advantages,
especially
on a windy day.
What
13.
kind of float ?
For deep
swift waters, a large
quill, for slower
and shallower waters
Quill at all times.
pelican or
a
much
swan
smaller one.
14.
Is line heavily shotted ?
For deep waters I use a medium-sized shot. about a feet
foot, the
float carrying
upwards of 20
These are placed on a space of
bottom one not nearer than about three
from the hook, with just one shot on the gut This arrangement ensures the bait
attached to hook.
being carried
swiftly to the
bottom and kept steady,
very important items in roach fishing. Is float best attached by lower end only ?
15.
Yes, this plan which has been in practice with the " Norwich School" for many years past is decidedly the
and admits
best,
of
much more
in striking a fish than
when
neatness and accuracy
the
float is
attached by
upper end as well as lower.
Do you
16.
When affected
good
;
fish
are on the feed, the
float is first
by a slight tremulous movement, and almost
immediately tion
strike at first dip ?
the
settles
moment
down, generally in a slanting
direc-
just as the settling
down
to strike
is
159
FISHING GENERALLY.
commences.
amount
This, however, requires n large
of
practice and some keen observation before an angler becomes expert. Sudden perky bites indicate small fish,
and these are often the most Are
17.
thick water,
much
the fish <fr.,
and
is
difficult to catch.
affected by
there
any
rule
change of wind, rain,
on
this
head
?
Have always found a S.W. to N.W. wind the most when the water is "grey" or thick,
favourable, especially
and have had but never when
capital sport with a it
moderate east wind,
has blown strongly from that quarter,
and the old maxim '
When The
When The
the wind blows from the east fish bite
the least,
the wind's from the west fish bite
the best,"
Fish
contains a great truth in small compass.
may
un-
doubtedly be taken in clear water and in good quantity,
but running tackle and
fine,
and extreme caution are
necessary. 7<9.
loud
Do yon
find that movement, in the boat, noise, or
tallrinrj frightens
Loud
the fish?
talking or laughter in the boat does not appear
to intimidate the fish, but knocking or
which communicates a vibration
any disturbance
to the water is decidedly
objectionable, especially in shallower streams,
causes a great interruption to the fishing.
and often
Have found
a pair of lawn-tennis shoes or slippers very good to wear in a boat
when
fishing, for this reason.
'
160
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
Name
19.
know
some of the
best catches
you have made or
of.
I do not chronicle
my
catches, so can give
no dates
but have had some fine catches within the past six years, principally
Buckenham, with a 7 p.m.
same
;
On one
on the Yare.
friend, six stone*
another time upwards of
space of time,
five
;
or
occasion, at
between 2.30 and about the
five stone in
and numerous catches
from two
of
an afternoon's fishing also more than a bushel by measure one afternoon with a friend fishing in the dyke leading to Oulton Broad. This was in the to four stone in
first
week
20.
;
of September, 1879.
What
anglers which
is is
reason of the non-success of strange
the
so noticeable ?
Ignorance of the general requirements of tackle suitable
and also of the modus operandi, the chief reasons being a want of knowledge of
for fishing in our waters,
one of
the right depth at which
to fish,
be known by simply "plumbing" of instance, I have
which could the depth.
easily
Byway
on several occasions found strangers
fishing on the Yare in 12 or 14
feet of water,
with their
baits only about four or five feet below the surface,
at the
same time wondering that anglers
be catching plenty of fish
close
when they could
get none.
Baits, too, are doubtless used which, although very for
some streams or
waters, are of very *
Stone = 14
Iba,
little
and
by should
good
use with us.
1C1
FISHING GENERALLY.
"
N.B. roll
When
high,"
it
the wind blows strong and the waves often very difficult to fish or even to
is
This
detect a bite.
very tantalising, and not infre-
is
quently happens through a shift in the wind are in a capital
on a nice
*'
when you
for this is to
light ledger, with about three hooks,
which excellent sport
would be impossible In
The remedy
swim."
may sometimes
to fish in
when
it
bait
should be just
A
good plan adopted by some is two hooks, the bottom one dragging on the
touching the bottom. to fish with
put
and with
any other way.
fishing for roach, the
float
be had
bottom, and the upper one about three or four inches clear
an advantage in fast retards the onward motion of the float,
of the bottom.
streams, as
it
the bait
more
is
This
is
easily taken,
and the swims are not
passed so rapidly.
BKEAM. 1.
Where found
at different periods
of
the year /
During summer, on the Yare, principally between Langley Dyke and Eeedham in winter often found in ;
good quantity in the vicinity of Thorpe
Carrow and Trowse Hythe.
On
Broad and about
the Bure they appear
to congregate in the deep waters of the Broads in winter,
and make
their appearance about the
through the summer on the 2.
Best periods
to fish for
July and August.
river.
them.
A
V fy
end of May and
I
1G2
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
What
3.
Good
time of day at different seasons ?
catches of
bream
are often
I have, on the other hand,
ing.
had
had
in early
morn-
capital sport
by
moonlight.
For further
notes, see
answer
to
same question on
"Roach."
What
4.
depth of water
?
The deepest waters and the best
bream feet
at
quietest eddies are, as a rule,
but I have caught large quantities of fine
;
Wroxham, on
the Bure, in not
more than four
and a half of water.
How
5.
affected by the tide ?
Generally speaking, the most fish are taken from about half an hour before high water to half an hour after. For further notes, see " Roach."
What ground-bait?
6.
Boiled maize, boiled barley grains, barley meal into balls, chopped
up and grains I
* v.
/
I have found very killing
Are places
7.
worms, boiled
so.
other
still
8.
made
This latter
on the Bure.
ever baited beforehand ?
Mostly overnight, where there doing
rice.
This mode
is
a fair opportunity of
is
very telling on Broads and
waters.
What
For large
baits are
most successful
fish at Cantley,
?
Reedham, Somerleyton, and
other deep swift waters, ledger fishing, with the
lobworm on the hook,
tail
end
a capital bait. Generally " brandlings" the most epeakuig, however, I have found of a
is
103
PISHING GENERALLY.
and have found a brandling with a gentle placed on the point of the hook will sometimes be taken readily no other bait would be touched. Red paste is ,
Li^when
often very killing
on the Bure.
What kind of rod ? Strong and stiff cane
9.
or hickory, 15 to 18 feet long,
with a good stout top joint, on the Yare. do on the Bure. 10.
Number of hwh.
The
finest catch I ever
Shorter will
had was with No. 12 hooks
This was, however, in comparatively shallow water, Should say that No. 7 or 8 would be very good sizes for
bream 11.
fishing generally. Is
running taclde advisable?
See "Roach." 12.
Do you
use gut or hair,
and what kind of
line /
See "Roach." 13.
What kind of float?
See "Roach." 14.
Is line heavily shotted ?
In a similar way to that recommended for roach, but having the bulk of shot placed nearer the hook,
it
being
" " necessary that the bait should drag the bottom. 15.
Is float best attached by lower end only ?
As the bream roach, this
is
bites
more slowly and
quite immaterial.
top and bottom.
certain than the
I prefer float attached
1G4
RIVERS AND BROADS OP NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
Do you
16.
A
bream
motion
dip?
bite affects the float with a slight
for a
slides it
strike at first
few seconds, he then runs
down
slantingly
off
bobbing
with
it,
and
strike as he runs off with the
;
and you are sure
bait or the float is about to disappear,
of him.
17.
Are
thick water,
Bream
the fish d*c.,
and
much
18.
any
are rarely taken in
waters are very clear.
what
affected by
is there
change of wind, rain,
rule on this
head?
any quantity when the
See " Roach."
Is legering successfully practised for large bream,
and
modus operandi ?
is the best
In such rapid waters as those at Reedham, Somerno other mode of fishing for bream can be leyton, &c. practised with
any success worth naming
attaching to line at Is. each,
may
and the modus operandi
by no means strong and of
scientific.
Do you
The rod
is
very simple, and
requires to be very
and three or four rods may be the same time.
fair length,
used from one boat at 10.
ledgers for
be purchased at any tackle shop
find that movement in the boat, noise, or
loud talking frightens the fish?
Bream
are very sensitive to noise, especially knocking
in the boat,
which invariably sends them off for an inand should therefore be most carefully
definite period,
avoided. 20.
Name
known of
t
some of the
best
catclies
you have made or
1G5
YACHTING.
About ten years ago, had, in company with a
Wroxham
a catch of 17 stone in one day on
Have heard
with only one rod each.
of
friend,
Broad, and
many
catches
from time to time of from 4 to 10 or 12 stone, but unable 21.
now
to give
What
is
names
am
or dates.
the reason
of the non-success of strange
anglers which is so noticeable ? See " Koach."
In fishing for bream, the bait should always
N.B.
drag on the bottom.
YACHTING. IT will have been gathered from the foregoing pages
that the Kivers
and Broads
present exceptional
Norfolk and Suffolk
of
facilities for
small -boat sailing and
smooth-water yachting, better, perhaps, than any other There are two yachting clubs, the part of England. Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club and the Yare Sailing Club, the latter a very flourishing institution, furnishing four or five regattas in the year for small 4-ton yachts
and open
boats.
There are numbers of suitable yachts for
owing
to the frequent
practicable to give a
changes of ownership, list
of those
who have
hire, but, it
is
not
boats for
hire, which would be of any use. Enquiry at the inns at Oulton, and advertisements in the Yarmouth and
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
1G6
Norwich papers
will
sailing -boats
Open
elicit
generally
Bullen, of Oulton, is a likely
man
answers.
suitable
to have a yacht to let.
with awnings to sleep under, and
small cabin yachts of four to ten tons, can be obtained
Wroxham
of Loynes,
The awnings
and comfortable
;
craft they are.
and most
of the small boats are waterproof,
ingeniously constructed, and the boats can be rowed or sailed anywhere.
everything that
is
Loynes may be trusted necessary for comfort, and
to provide
his yachts
and boats are largely patronized. They are all rigged Una fashion, with one sail, and are very easily manCanoes and rowing boats are in plenty at the aged. Norwich, Yarmouth, and Oulton.
riverside, at
As
before
stated,
the goods
by means of
carried on
traffic
sailing craft of
on the river from 20
is
70
to
graceful vessels,
These are long, shallow, with an enormous mast, supporting one
enormous
The
tons burthen, called wherries.
there
is
sail.
no boom.
sail is
There
is
spread by a long
gaff,
but
only one halyard, and the
by means of a winch at the foot of the There is no rigging to the mast except the fore-
sail is hoisted
mast. stay,
which
latter being
is
m:iinly of use for lowering the mast, the
balanced on the tabernacle by a ton and a
half of lead on is
lowered.
ita heel,
so that
These wherries
the wind, and are often built
it is
sail
raised as easily as
very
fast,
managed by one man.
on the wherry plan are very comfortable
easily
managed.
it
very close to
Yachts
craft,
and
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YACHTING.
Wherries are frequently hired by private parties, the hatches are raised a plank or two higher to give greater head-room, the clean-swept hold rooms, and a
There
divided into several
capital floating house is extemporized.
now
is
is
quite
a
of
fleet
permanently- fitted
pleasure wherries on the rivers, which have ample accom-
modation from 8
A
for a party or family,
to 15 guineas a
good way of seeing the
to give a
sum
you have no boat,
to take
if
will be readily taken
you fancy, you
you on
to
Yarmouth
the next, back to
Yarmouth
sail
Wroxham
is
you with him
Norwich and Yarmouth, and
Thus you might
one day, up to
to be hired at
There are always numbers
passage.
of wherries leaving hail the one
board.
rivers, if
wherryrnan a small
when he makes a
and are
week.
from Norwich
and up to Beccles, at an expenditure of half-a-crown a day and refreshments. I am sure that visitors to either
Yarmouth
or Lowestoft will do well to avail themselves
of this suggestion.
The navigation
is
controlled by Acts of Parliament,
but pleasure yachts are exempt from course, at locks
The
and Haddiscoe
lift
tolls,
except, of
bridge.
rule of the road is very strictly adhered to by the
wherries and local yachts, and necessarily so point of
honour not
;
but
to harass business wherries
it is
if it
a
can
be avoided, as these are sailed for a livelihood, while
yachtsmen
sail for pleasure.
Therefore,
doubt, give the wherry the benefit of it
if
there
is
a
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RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK,
prudence not to cross a wherry's
It is also a point of
bows too
closely, as they would soon smash up a yacht you are civil to a wherryman he will be most civil to you, and don't slang him if he doesn't at once give way
If
for
you
him.
to pass
The following racing
regulations of the Yacht Clubs
simply epitomise the custom and practice on the rivers,
and must be adhered " That river
to
:
two yachts be standing for the shore of any or broad, and the yacht to leeward be likely to run if
aground or foul any bottom or bank, or not be able to stay without the windward yacht running foul of her, the windward yacht
must be put about upon being hailed
by the member of the Club who may be in charge of the leeward yacht at the
;
the yacht to leeward
same time
must
also go about
as the yacht she hails.
" That in sailing to windward the yacht on the port tack must give
and
way
to the yacht
in case of collision, the
owner of the
port tack shall be liable to pay occur, and
forfeit all
on the starboard
all
vessel
tack,
on the
damages that may
claim to the prize.
" That any yacht bearing away or altering her course to
windward or leeward, provided there
is
no obstruction
to prevent her keeping her course, thereby compelling
another vessel to go out of her course, shall claim to the prize.
forfeit all
In running before the wind, the
side the leading vessel carries her
considered the lee side,
main boom
is to
be
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YACHTING.
"
A
yacht overhauling another
or leeward
;
may
pass to windward
and when near the shore or shallow water,
or when rounding any mark, flag, or buoy, if the bowsprit of the yacht astern overlap any portion of the hull of the
must immediately give way and allow the former to pass between her and such shore,
yacht ahead, the latter
shallow water, mark,
yacht not give
flag,
or buoy;
and should any
or compel another to touch the
way
ground, or to foul any mark, flag, or buoy, the yacht so compelling her shall
owner
shall
pay
forfeit all
claim to the prize, her
damage that may
all
occur,
and the
yacht so compelled to touch such mark, flag, or
buoy
any penalty for such contact an established rule, and should be most strictly
shall not in this case suffer
"
It is
attended to by
all
yachtsmen, that where two vessels
have to cross each other on opposite tacks, the one on
must invariably keep her wind, and the one on the port tack must keep away and pass to the starboard tack
leeward, or tack short
when
the smallest doubt exists of
her not being able to weather the other. of
damage
All expenses
incurred by vessels on opposite tacks running
on board each other,
fall
upon the one on the port tack
;
but where the one on the starboard tack has kept away with the intention of passing to leeward, and they have
come
in contact, the expenses of
damage
fall
upon her
on the starboard tack, because by her keeping away she may have prevented the other passing to leeward.
When
a
vessel
on the
starboard
tack
sees
another
170
RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
attempting to weather her, when sible,
it
does not seem pos-
rather than keep away, she should put her helm for the Jess
down,
way
vessels
have when they come in Should both
contact, the less
damage
vessels put their
helms up and run on board each other, may arise, and therefore
they will sustain.
the most fatal consequences
nothing should induce the vessel on the starboard tack to
All vessels going free
keep away.
must give way
to
those on a wind."
SHOOTING AND SKATING. This
district is well
worth a
for the wild-fowl shooting
the winter timo,
tidal portions of the
you must not trespass on the
rivers is free (of course
marshes
visit in
on the
for shooting purposes, as the
shooting along
The usual plan is to rowstrictly preserved). along the river while your dogs work through the reeds on the bank inside the river wall, or embankment, which them
is
generally runs parallel with the rivers on each
Flight shooting
is
side.
also successfully pursued, but of course
you must obtain information as to the best spots in the Oulton Broad is free, but is much shot line of flight. over.
Breydon Water
hard winters.
Yarmouth gunners. light draught
is
It is the
is
An
a capital fowling-ground in
"happy hunting ground" easily
managed
of
sailing-boat of
useful for this kind of work.
FAUNA OF THE BROADS.
Winter time on the Broads
is
171
Being and the skating is then simply superb. Fancy Hickling, a lake of 400 sate all with the ice as clear and hard as over, acres, very enjoyable.
so shallow, the Broads are soon frozen,
and plenty of " elbow-room
glass,
"
for ice-boats as well as
skaters. It
would be worth while
down
for skating parties to
few days at a time while the frosts
for a
stead of struggling
come
last, in-
amid the crowds which beset London
waters.
FAUNA OF THE BEOADS. I CANNOT do
dant
more than
cursorily
mention the abun-
which teems amid the Broads.
life
the reader, for a full account of the
life
I would refer of the
Broads
ago and now, to that charming book, worthy ranked with " The Complete Angler," and " The
thirty years to be
Natural History of Selborne," " Observations on the
Fauna
of Norfolk,
a
new
Thomas
and more particularly on the
District
by the Rev. Eichard Lubbock, M.A.,
of the Broads,"
edition of which, with
suitable
notes by Mr.
Southwell, has lately been issued by Messrs.
Jarrold and Sons,
London and Norwich.
This book,
to-
gether with Stevenson's "Birds of Norfolk," are necessary companions to
For a
may 14
the ornithologist on the Broads.
fuller general descriptive
also
refer
the reader to
account of the
my own
district, I
larger
book,
Norfolk Broads and Eivers," published by Blackwood.
BIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
172
Of course, water-fowl predominate. The heron, the great-crested grebe, the coot and water-hen are constantly Dabchicks abound in places.
to be seen.
I have seen
a score together in some open water, at Surlingham, during a
Kingfishers are seen occasionally
frost.
;
water-
Wild ducks, terns, and waders
ouzels never in the navigable waters.
widgeon, of
teal,
many species, hawks,
harriers are
Bickling. tits (I
to
and other ducks,
me
will
gulls,
kestrels,
occasionally met
marsh
harriers,
and hen
with, particularly about
Owls, reed wrens, reed buntings, and bearded
know a colony
of the latter),
and other birds occur
as I write, but detailed lists of the Norfolk species
be found in the " Transactions of the Norfolk and
Norwich
Naturalists' Society
"
of past years.
It is suffi-
cient to say that not only in the department of orni-
thology, but of entomology and botany, the specialist will
abundant work.
During the days and nights I have spent in the more secluded parts of the waters, and
find
particularly in
the very early hours after daybreak, I
have watched the habits of certain rare covered
their haunts,
anything, for to
and
dis-
which I would not reveal
for
species,
do so would be to expose them to the
ravages of collectors.
I
am
not a collector myself, nor
am an " " call the home-life
have I the remotest pretension to science, but I enthusiastic student of
of birds scientific
and animals.
what I may
Therefore I cannot give accurate
information, in
the shape of
lists
of
Broad
species without borrowing from the labours of others,
178
FAUNA OF THE BROADS.
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in a boat,
amid the
reeds, for
an hour of the
silvery
dawn, and watch a pair of great-crested grebes, feeding their young ones with small fish, and teaching them to
and catch
you might at times touch the birds with a fishing-rod, and he will
dive
fish also, all so close that
partly understand
History.
And
what
for the
to
#
is
romance
like the reed- surrounded
Jarrold
me
the of
Broad and
Soil*,
it
its
charm there
of Natural is
marshy
Printer*, Norwich.
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