There is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
– Ratty, the Wind In The Willows
Three nights on a cruiser on the Norfolk Broads. The smell of the mudweight when weighed in the morning. A crew paralysed by the hygiene facilities. Mooring and casting-off single-handed. Friendly locals and grumpy locals, but mostly friendly. Windmills. Learning about mooring in crosswinds. More friendly locals. Sitting on the stern in the middle of a broad in the evening, watching our neighbors shinning up their masts and taking photos of one another. Betting on which grebe will surface first. Pub lunches. Pub dinners. An ancient church. Bumping the neighboring boat rather hard on arrival and again on departure. 4 Hours’ sailing to do a 10 minute drive. Lovely Norfolk folk.
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I also agree, though the boats we last messed about in were significantly smaller. Sounds ACE!
We had a holiday on a boat on the broads a few years ago. It was great and you brought the memories flooding back.
“Bumping the neighboring boat rather hard on arrival and again on departure.”
A perfect holibobs!
I’m going along the Leeds and Liverpool canal in October! Just 4 days at 4mph, we will not get far but we will experience a lot of swing bridges, locks and hopefully great pubs.
Jane
We had a lovely time on a very fast boat today, but slow is great too.
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