On the Broads.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13673, 15 August 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

On the Broads.

UNIQUE ATTRACTIONS. East Anglia 5s fortunate' in having a unique combination of attractions, for to the >«ea there is the background of the Broads, and nothing quite like the famous Broadsr is to bo ioimd anywhere in It he Kingdom. A visit to the .Broads distnefc has many tiling..? to recommend it I""r one, thei© in. an entne change of tcene, while to diversify of landscape i\ added a pure, bracing atmosphere, which in the summer months cannot be <snrpasOn the scoie of expense the visitor will find very little to grumble at, <us a Broadland holiday may bo enjoyed in a very comfortable manner al. a very model - ate* cost. The constantly increasing demand for yachts and house accommodation proves (hat the Broads are deservedly becoming more popnlai every yeai. To the seeker of rest and quietitudc also, the lily spread lake and narrow water-ioad, with its charaeateirstic tall icerts and buliushes, the luxuriant growth of flowers and grasses by the riverside, and ihe i dreamy glamour of these Eastern lagoons, will appeal and charm. Theie aie tome 200 of navigable water-ways joining these inland lakes, and Lowestoft, Yarmojiiljh., and the Cromer coast are central headquaiters for a voyage, long or short, upon them. And Wroxham is only affesw s stations from the Cromei coast, now linked up by rail fiom Sheimgham on one side to Mundcsley on the other. The ease of getting about quickly and cheaply is, indeed, one o'f the strong points of the Broads, whether one makes them .1 holiday ground or simply "dips into them" as a change fiom the sea. Those giving all their holiday to the Broads and falling 'into a pleasant vagabond l|fe may prefer no headquarters other than their boat and where the breeze cariies them. If Wroxham is made head quaiters when one is piactacally out of the tidal waters, and sculling up and down may be enjoyed, as on the Thames. A delightful week or ten days can be spent in a good skiff, taking the Bure and its two streams, the Ant and the Thurne, with their Broads. Above Wroxham the Bure nairows by winding «nd wooded reaches >/,o the first lock at Coltishall, and thence through more open country to Aylsham. Below Wroxham Bioad a fine open sheet of water about - 100 acdes in extent, with woodlands, fields, and greensward on its western side, and reed beds, marsh, and tangled vegetation on the other, the Bute flowfc through wooded banks to Salhousa Broad, and to Horning Terry, a popular halting-place with a pleasant old inn, and on "to Ranworth Broad. The Ynre, another of the main

streams, runs roughly east from Norwishto Yarmouth, and after many pretty reaches near Norwich ;the river, which is more fitted for sailing than Kciillirigj runs through flat country,- until • (it the back of Yarmouth it opens into tho'celebrated Breydon waters. The.'third main streani, Woveney, flowing at Yarmouth into Breydon waters, run's south to 'Beccles, rind thence weisb .through' pretty country to

Bungay. Boats and yachts of all sizes can be hired at Niirish, Yarmouth, Lowes- ! toft, Oiiltoh, and Wroxham, and those who take their own craft can find good; moorings and excellent facilities for "victualling .both at Wroxham and by moans of tho railway connection with Nprwich and other towns. For parties from six to a dozen there' a,re- large-sailing barges, called wherries, peculiar to .these waters. They have ample accommodation, and even such luxuries as pianos 'are to be found on some of'them. They Gail fast, . and drawing little .water, can go anywhere. ' ' Season by season the Broads, as well as

the sea, ooast from Cromer to Lowestoft, are brought nearer; to London. : This Summer, -by a further accelerated Service, Wroxham, in the heart of Broadband, will be within two hours and minutes of tho City. And .every Satnrday- for those, spending week-ehds'on the.'.Broads and Norfolk coast, "a Testanrant train ■': will leave Liperpool-street at i.35 p.m., allowing business to lunch on the way down. By a corresponding train leaving every morning; breakfast can be taken on' the journey up. < Restaurant cars will for the first time a!so be run-' on Sundays during the summer months on the 5.45 p.m. train from -, Cromer, calling afc; Wrbxham at. 6.1-1 p.m.,: so that passengers may' dine' on the way to London; -The "Norfolk. Coast

Express" will again run daily this sumhier between .London and Groinerv Sheririgham, and Mundesley, and- with these new trains a, finishing touch as: regards passeilgeirS' comfort at- any -rate, may be said -jj-d' 1 . be given to this popular service;of the Great Eastern Railway, r- ■■ - -.■■-■..-■