The Broads

Yeah

... on the Norfolk Broads, having a teeted bottle of, like... 'Cause I wasn't feeling very well.

And like, it's like I just...

You was there, and like, "What? That's weird.

Chapter Zero.

Of Notes on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk.

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For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Notes on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk by Harry Britton Chapter 0 Preface in one of the early issues of hood's annual the great humorist said in his introduction it would be very desirable if one could serve a preface as ulysses treated polyphemus and knock its eye out in my own case the personal pronoun must of necessity run through the whole work although in writing it i frequently wished this could be dispensed with very probably as a result of the publication of this guide a good many of the public will be induced to visit the broads and rivers in the coming summer to any such who really come to norfolk i wish in this most prominent page to say that all the broads are not free and that although a quiet row is not as a rule objected to fishing is strictly prohibited on private waters piscators need not think however that they had better be on the right side and keep away altogether as nowhere in england can better free fishing be found and as a matter of fact the law of trespass need not be infringed to secure fine catchers i am conscious that there may be many deficiencies in my book and although I have endeavoured to give information on every point, I may have left out some details which should have received attention.

If such there be, I wish to say it will afford me very great pleasure to answer any letters on the subject from bona fide intending tourists, merely hinting that such inquiries must be of as general a character as possible.

most likely in the future i may have something more to say on our east anglian lakeland and i should be glad to receive any information on the subject in all its various bearings harry britain norwich may eighteen eighty seven end of chapter zero chapter i of notes on the broads and rivers of norfolk and suffolk by harry britton this librivox recording is in the public domain introductory perhaps the best place to get an idea of the magnificent heritage of waters of which we norfolk men are so proud to boast is from galston pier head a stranger to the district who takes his stand at the point i have indicated will be struck by the enormous volume of water the ebb brings down and which there weds itself to the ocean enormous indeed is the only word which adequately describes the torrent of the rivers which thus bind outlet to the sea i shall have something to say very shortly but it will probably be hardly credited that the united drainage of no less an area than one thousand four hundred square miles is represented by the yare as it empties at yarmouth the rivers are navigable for about two hundred miles of their courses and are supplemented at various points by large fresh-water lakes locally known as broads which are computed to cover five thousand acres Frequent notices in all the leading daily and weekly papers and magazines have helped to make these waters very popular of late years, and the broads and rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk are now firmly established as a holiday resort.

after indulging in the luxury of a clean shave a process which was very conducive to my comfort we made for the yacht where at six o'clock to the minute as we had arranged dinner was on the table the evening which followed was spent in a very quiet manner and the town was declared to be an awfully dull place by gaslight End

Another consignment was turned out in 1823.

Booth mentions that in early spring, numbers are frequently picked up, drowned in the Norfolk Broads, and that the natives look upon them as fresh arrivals.

He says, I myself, having often noticed their quarrelsome disposition, believe that while flying in pursuit of one another over the water, they become confused, and falling, are unable to regain the shore.

Stevenson took considerable pains to attempt a satisfactory solution of the matter, and gives instances of the bird being found on beach and deans, both at Yarmouth and Cromer.

Because a great trip starts with peace of mind.

Introduction of the Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk.

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The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk by George Christopher Davies.

Introduction.

Since the first appearance of this handbook and the larger volume on the same subject, which the preface to the first edition stated to be in contemplation, the broad district has become highly popular.

Chapter Zero.

Of Notes on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk.

This is a LibriVox recording.

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Notes on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk by Harry Britton Chapter 0 Preface in one of the early issues of hood's annual the great humorist said in his introduction it would be very desirable if one could serve a preface as ulysses treated polyphemus and knock its eye out in my own case the

personal pronoun must of necessity run through the whole work although in writing it i frequently wished

this could be dispensed with very probably as a result of the publication of this guide a good many of the public will be induced to visit the broads and rivers in the coming summer to any such who really come to norfolk i wish in this most prominent page to say that all the broads are not free and that although a quiet row is not as a rule objected to fishing is strictly prohibited on private waters piscators need not think however that they had better be on the right side and keep away altogether as nowhere in england can better free fishing be found and as a matter of fact the law of trespass need not be infringed to secure fine catchers i am conscious that there may be many deficiencies in my book and although i have endeavoured to give information on every point i may have left out some details which should have received attention if such there be i wish to say it will afford me very great pleasure to answer any letters on the subject from bona fide intending tourists merely hinting that such inquiries

must be of as general a character as possible most likely in the future i may have something more

Another consignment was turned out in 1823.

Booth mentions that in early spring, numbers are frequently picked up, drowned in the Norfolk Broads, and that the natives look upon them as fresh arrivals.

He says, I myself, having often noticed their quarrelsome disposition, believe that while flying in pursuit of one another over the water, they become confused, and falling, are unable to regain the shore.

Stevenson took considerable pains to attempt a satisfactory solution of the matter, and gives instances of the bird being found on beach and deans, both at Yarmouth and Cromer.

Izzy, how about this one? Have a listen to this.

We hired a barge on the Norfolk Broads a few years back.

My dad was driving, and you have to reverse into a place to empty your toilet.

and it's notoriously hard to reverse a barge and my dad was getting so stressed and all the people in the toilet place were laughing at him so he just whacked it into forward and off we went and did not have the toilet empty for the holiday