It's our last full day on the water and very soon after breks we leave our moorings ...
and move off down the Thurne and back towards the Ant. We moor just below Ludham Bridge as the boys need some dog food for Ozzie and you can never guarantee a mooring on the far side.
As they go off shopping Ozzie watches them as if they've abandoned him and are never coming back!
The boat owned by the Nancy Oldfield Trust passes us ...
The Trust offers disabled as well as social disadvantaged people the chance to experience the Broads and they do a great job. It's then back on board and with the windscreen lowered we negotiate the bridge ...
which has plenty of room for us today ...
Hamish just checks to see where we are ...
and in no time we're approaching How Hill ...
It's very quet on the river today and a swan comes gliding towards us ...
We're now almost at Irstead and the plan was to moor at the Staithe if there was a space. Once again we're lucky and so we stop for coffee ...
Mike and I go for a look around the church ...
The door is said to be very, very old ...
These steps didn't seem to go anywhere!
It is a church with a thatch and this is how it looks from inside ...
Moving on we reach Barton Broad where a heron is perched on the 4mph sign ...
We turn up towards Gay's Staithe but this time we go further and are aiming for the moorings at Neatishead. We have the river to ourselves ...
It's very narrow here but Jamie manages to moor us at the Staithe ...
Another boat approaches ...
and Mike has a look to see how big the turning area is beyond the moorings as this is the end of navigation ...
After lunch and a lazy hour or two we set off on the last part of our journey ...
About an hour later we were back at Richardsons yard ...
and moored up for our last night at Swan Quay ...
We took the dogs and had a good wander around the boats looking for something different for next year but finally decided that Neptune despite a few things going against her (like the fridge defrosting overnight a couple of times!) was probably the best layout we could get for the price. So if Crocus is not on the water by next Spring (which is highly unlikely) we'll be back here to pick up Broadland Neptune for another week's holiday.
and move off down the Thurne and back towards the Ant. We moor just below Ludham Bridge as the boys need some dog food for Ozzie and you can never guarantee a mooring on the far side.
As they go off shopping Ozzie watches them as if they've abandoned him and are never coming back!
The boat owned by the Nancy Oldfield Trust passes us ...
The Trust offers disabled as well as social disadvantaged people the chance to experience the Broads and they do a great job. It's then back on board and with the windscreen lowered we negotiate the bridge ...
which has plenty of room for us today ...
Hamish just checks to see where we are ...
and in no time we're approaching How Hill ...
It's very quet on the river today and a swan comes gliding towards us ...
We're now almost at Irstead and the plan was to moor at the Staithe if there was a space. Once again we're lucky and so we stop for coffee ...
Mike and I go for a look around the church ...
The door is said to be very, very old ...
These steps didn't seem to go anywhere!
It is a church with a thatch and this is how it looks from inside ...
Moving on we reach Barton Broad where a heron is perched on the 4mph sign ...
We turn up towards Gay's Staithe but this time we go further and are aiming for the moorings at Neatishead. We have the river to ourselves ...
It's very narrow here but Jamie manages to moor us at the Staithe ...
Another boat approaches ...
and Mike has a look to see how big the turning area is beyond the moorings as this is the end of navigation ...
After lunch and a lazy hour or two we set off on the last part of our journey ...
About an hour later we were back at Richardsons yard ...
and moored up for our last night at Swan Quay ...
We took the dogs and had a good wander around the boats looking for something different for next year but finally decided that Neptune despite a few things going against her (like the fridge defrosting overnight a couple of times!) was probably the best layout we could get for the price. So if Crocus is not on the water by next Spring (which is highly unlikely) we'll be back here to pick up Broadland Neptune for another week's holiday.
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