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Sep 12, 2026
speaker_2NARRATOR
It seems to me that Bure is Bure and Waveney is Waveney, and only on rare occasions do natives leave their own rivers, and it is only when systematic Broadland tourists insist on doing the Broads thoroughly or racing a-tracks that this river is less lonesome.
speaker_2NARRATOR
There obtains, of course, a little more liveliness at summer weekends when Beccles yachts go down to Alton, and Alton yachts sail up to Beccles.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The only vessel that overhauled us was a hefty motorboat with a silent skipper aboard.
speaker_2NARRATOR
We passed with scant comment sloppy Borough St. Peter's with its prospect that never cheers one.
speaker_2NARRATOR
When midway between St. Peter's and Aldeby, it occurred to me that tea would not come amiss, but found our methylated spirits had not been shipped.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Here was a pickle to be in.
speaker_2NARRATOR
However, we called at a little marsh farmhouse squatted behind some trees beside a water mill, where the good woman supplied us with enough to last us up to Beccles.
speaker_2NARRATOR
We moored in the mill dike and break our fasting.
speaker_3NARRATOR
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Chapter 14: From Somerleyton to Beccles.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The angling in all this part of the Waveney is extremely good, and the bream and roach are of a large size.
speaker_3NARRATOR
It is not nearly so much frequented as the other rivers or the upper part of the Waveney, and is practically unfished on account of the difficulty in obtaining boats, there being no boating station nearer than Oulton Broad, five miles away.
speaker_3NARRATOR
We had no time to fish, and as a matter of fact, I cannot stay to fish if there is a good breeze blowing, sailing first, fishing after.
speaker_3NARRATOR
We lay to at the mouth of Oulton Dyke to get our lunch, which we had put off rather too long.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The dyke is nearly as broad as the river and a mile and a half long, leading to Oulton Broad, which we intended to visit after going up the Waveney to Beccles.
speaker_3NARRATOR
At the junction of the dyke with the river, there is an excellent fishing spot with a great depth of water.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Chapter 14.
speaker_1NARRATOR
From Summerlayton to Beccles.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The angling in all this part of the Waveney is extremely good, and the bream and roach are of a large size.
speaker_1NARRATOR
It is not nearly so much frequented as the other rivers or the upper part of the Waveney, and is practically unfished, on account of the difficulty in obtaining boats, there being no boating station nearer than Alton Broad, five miles away.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Sailing first, fishing after.
speaker_1NARRATOR
We lay to at the mouth of Oulton Dyke to get our lunch, which we had put off rather too long.
speaker_1NARRATOR
The dyke is nearly as broad as the river and a mile and a half long, leading to Oulton Broad, which we intended to visit after going up the Waveney to Beccles.
speaker_1NARRATOR
At the junction of the dyke with the river, there is an excellent fishing spot with a great depth of water.
speaker_3NARRATOR
About bathing, for instance, I always go for my first swim Whit Sunday.
speaker_3NARRATOR
We're often up at Beccles or Oulton for the weekends in May and June, just me and the pater, and sometimes young Davis, who's engaged to Eva, and they generally have a dip on the Sunday morning.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But I never go in myself till Whit Sunday.
speaker_3NARRATOR
I did once and got a beastly cold that turned to mumps, so I've made it a rule since.
4 HRS 21 MINS LATER
speaker_3NARRATOR
It was one Saturday in August, and the train was very full; so I tipped the porter chap at Liverpool Street to put me in a first-class carriage.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Comes much cheaper than takin' a first-class ticket, you know.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Well, when we got to Beccles, a fat old chap, that looked like a smacksman, pulled the door open and chucked a canvas bag in, and then got in himself, smellin' of fish and that, fit to kill you.
speaker_3NARRATOR
There were three Englishmen from Johannesburg in the carriage with me.
Betty B.NARRATOR
It seems to me that Bure is Bure and Waveney is Waveney, and only on rare occasions do natives leave their own rivers, and it is only when systematic broadland tourists insist on doing the Broads thoroughly or racing at racks that this river is less lonesome.
Betty B.NARRATOR
There obtains, of course, a little more liveliness at summer weekends when Beccles yachts go down to Alton and Alton yachts sail up to Beccles.
Betty B.NARRATOR
The only vessel that overhauled us was a hefty motorboat with a silent skipper aboard.
Betty B.NARRATOR
We passed with scant comment sloppy Borough St. Peter's, with its prospect that never cheers one.
Betty B.NARRATOR
When midway between St. Peter's and Aldeby, it occurred to me that tea would not come amiss, but found our methylated spirits had not been shipped.
Betty B.NARRATOR
Here was a pickle to be in.
Betty B.NARRATOR
However, we called at a little marsh farmhouse squatted behind some trees beside a watermill, where the good woman supplied us with enough to last us up to Beccles.
Betty B.NARRATOR
We moored in the mill-deke and break our fasting.
AvailleNARRATOR
Now that we are near the sea, we will take a stroll on the beach and have a dip while our man in the forepeak prepares our meal, which we hope to eat with enhanced appetite after our sea bath.
AvailleNARRATOR
If it be wished to lengthen the trip on the Waveney, that river can be ascended for many miles, as it is navigable for large vessels as far as Beccles, eight miles, and for moderate-sized yachts even to Bungay, fifteen miles.
AvailleNARRATOR
To visit these places from Lowestoft, we must retrace our course through Loathing and Oulton Broads and Oulton Dyke until we arrive at the junction of the Waveney.
AvailleNARRATOR
Through the dyke, we have been steering due north.
AvailleNARRATOR
Notice also the octagonal font, the rude staircase, sedilia, and other equally interesting features.
AvailleNARRATOR
From a distance, the tower looks like a huge telescope set on end, as each successive storey is much smaller than the one beneath it.
AvailleNARRATOR
Our progress along the river is through seemingly illimitable marsh, or fenland, with a patch of cultivated land at intervals, and we see no other village till we reach Beccles on the left bank, although we pass within three-quarters of a mile of the considerable village of Oldby.
AvailleNARRATOR
If we wish to pay this place a visit, we must moor to the right bank just before we come to the railway bridge and walk.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
It seems to me that Bure is Bure and Waveney is Waveney, and only on rare occasions do natives leave their own rivers, and it is only when systematic Broadland tourists insist on "doing the Broads" thoroughly or racing a-tracks that this river is less lonesome.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
There obtains, of course, a little more liveliness at summer week-ends when Beccles yachts go down to Oulton, and Oulton yachts sail up to Beccles.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
The only vessel that overhauled us was a hefty motorboat, with a silent skipper aboard.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
We passed, with scant comment, sloppy Burgh St. Peter's, with its prospect that never cheers one.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
When midway between St. Peter's and Aldeby it occurred to me that tea would not come amiss, but found our methylated spirits had not been shipped.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
Here was a pickle to be in.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
However, we called at a little marsh farmhouse squatted behind some trees beside a watermill, where the good woman supplied us with enough to last us up to Beccles.
Jeffrey Allen StumpfNARRATOR
We moored in the mill-dike, and break our fasting.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
I could have added some other particulars, but that I fear I have already made my letter long and am tedious.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
I shall therefore only add that I have accounts of the violence of the storm at Norwich, Beccles, Sudbury, Colchester, Rockford, and several other intermediate places.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
But I need not tell particulars because I question not but you have better informations.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
Thus far Mr. Durham's letter.
3 HRS 35 MINS LATER
Denny SayersNARRATOR
This is all at present from your humble servant, Joseph Lewis.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
Bagshot, February 1st, 1704.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
At Beccles the leads of the church ripped up, part of the great window blown down and the whole town exceedingly shattered.
Denny SayersNARRATOR
At Ewell by Epsom in Surrey the lead from the flat roof of Mr. William's house was rolled up by the wind and blown from the top of the house clear over a brick wall near ten foot high without damnifying either the house or the wall.
Paul Lawley-JonesNARRATOR
Before leaving the broad district, we must refer to a boring made at Yarmouth which, according to Professor Prestwich, showed that the recent estuarine deposits are there 120 feet thick, and consequently that the ancient valley was far deeper than any recorded in the foregoing pages.
Paul Lawley-JonesNARRATOR
There is no doubt, however, that this interpretation is founded on a mistake, for other borings at Yarmouth, Lowestoft, and Beccles came to muddy sands and clays belonging to the upper part of the crag, now known to thicken greatly eastward.
Paul Lawley-JonesNARRATOR
The recent deposits descend only to a depth of about 50 feet at Yarmouth, and consist of sand and shingle.
Paul Lawley-JonesNARRATOR
The beds below contain Pliocene mollusca.
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