The Broads is a very special place and if you’ve taken some photos that illustrate its unique qualities we’d love to share them. You can upload them to our Flickr group “Images of the Broads” at www.flickr.com/groups/1363990@N24/ . We’d also love you to geotag your pictures so that other people can see the image location and visit the same spectacular spot for themselves. If you’re new to Flickr, or not quite sure how to upload photos, it’s very easy - all the information you need is here: http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/.
Tall Mill on the Bure, near Thurnemouth
Sailing along Ranworth Dyke towards the river. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Hathor passing Albion on the exit to Malthouse Broad, Ranworth See where this picture was taken. [?]
Hopefully there's enough yellow and a touch of pink for this week's Shades of Inspiration theme ;)
The bridge marking the limit of navigation for hire boats. The river Yare See where this picture was taken. [?]
This is on the starboard bank of the river Ant just before you reach Wayford Bridge, on the Norfolk Broads.
One of two 'skeleton' type drainage mills on the banks of the River Ant at How Hill, near Ludham, Norfolk.
By the River Ant at How Hill, near Ludham, Norfolk.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
The Gaggle take to the high(ish) seas for their holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
Rhododendrons in the garden at How Hill, taken from the river Ant
Off-road riding to reach Berney Arms railway station and windmill, followed by more off-road to hit the tarmac again. My companion (the frame would have been far too big for him) for this diviertissement is sporting an Oxford University Cycling Club jersey, which was sponsored by Competition Cycles (their logo, I think) and who used to advertise in the RTTC handbook. He is holding my 71/71 off-road Major Nichols which was stolen in 1999. Stallard steel rack. More about Competition Cycles in this thread and about the owner, the late Colin Freud, a relative of the late Clement Freud and also about the master frame builder Stan Pike, and Freud's involvement with OUCC. Shortly before this photo was taken, my companion had amazed me by nonchalently cycling across a narrow plank bridging a drainage ditch without a second thought. I walked . The night was spent at the long lost Martham Youth Hostel.
Halvergate marshes drainage mill, Competition Cycles jersey Apr 1984
Recently restored Hardley drainage mill on the river Yare. It was built in 1874 as a 4 storey red brick tower - by the 1990s the tower had developed a definite lean. see: www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/hardley-drainage.html
Hathor leaving Ludham Bridge moorings with mast lowered, ready to pass under the bridge en route to Womack Water - 5 minutes by road and 3 hours by wherry! See where this picture was taken. [?]
A heron near St Benet's Abbey, River Bure, Norfolk Broads
A heron near St Benet's Abbey, River Bure, Norfolk Broads
Taken without a tripod, thanks to a handy mooring post at the end of the cut.
Drainage mill on the River Ant, built in 1860 and restored in the 1970's. see www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/hunsett-drainage.html
Drainage mill on the River Ant, built in 1860 and restored in the 1970's. see www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/hunsett-drainage.html
Lowestoft, in the Norfolk Broads, with Breydon Water in the center right.
Ludham Womack Water tower drainage mill was a small 3 storey Norfolk red brick mill built beside a drain off the north side of the River Thurne. The tower was about 23 feet high and 15 ft. 10 ins. outside diameter at the base including its 20 inch thick walls. The tower was built with twin opposite doors and a single window. The wooden upright shaft was 13 inches in diameter and with a cast iron wallower 17¼ inches in diameter at the top. The lower bevel gear drove a 4 ft. 2 ins. diameter cast iron pit wheel from which a 4¼ inch square iron drive shaft drove a 5 ft. 2 ins. iron scoop wheel centre section that was bereft of paddles by 1986. Half way up the upright shaft were the neatly carved letters B. Thrower.
Vapour trails in a still sky over Fleet Dike, South Walsham
Swans sad there are so few boats to feed them.... River Bure
Your comments, advice and favourite's are much appreciated.
By the river Ant at How Hill, near Ludham, Norfolk.
By the river Ant at How Hill, near Ludham, Norfolk.
Panorama from 16 portrait-orientation shots, stitched using Windows Live Photo Gallery. It made a very good job of it, considering the photos are not taken from the exact same spot (there is a weather vane in the centre of the roof). The south-western corner turret doesn't appear itself, but I just had to clone out its lightning conductor which appeared in the field like a miniature Berliner Fernsehturm. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Taken whilst on a walk round the NWT reserve. What a walk!
Taken in the autumn when the Hunter Fleet was ready for lifting.
Rockland Broad, Norfolk The Slaughters - the remains of 13 wherries sunk on Rockland Broad sometime in the middle of the 20th century.
Rockland Broad, Norfolk The Slaughters - the remains of 13 wherries sunk on Rockland Broad sometime in the middle of the 20th century.
A traditional boat on the River Bure, near St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk
St Benet's Level Drainage Towermill (on the Thurne) in the distance. www.norfolkmills.co.uk/WindmillsD/st-benets-level-drainag...
Sailing near Thurnemouth, Norfolk, UK, with Thurne dyke drainage mill in the background.
St Benet's Abbey ruins with Thurne Mill and church in the background.
A very cold light around lunchtime on 18 December
The abbey was founded c800 and refounded in 1019 as a Benedictine monastery, abandoned in 1545. A brick windmill was built into the ruins in 1728-35.
I dedicate this sunset to Peter, a good friend, who died on 11 February 2010. He liked this place.
By the River Ant at How Hill, near Ludham, Norfolk.
By the River Ant at How Hill, near Ludham, Norfolk.
Seen from the river. A lovely rural scene - no poles or wires spoiling the picture!
This sunset is dedicated to David, one of my oldest friends of 50 years, who died on 11 July 2009 after a short illness. "Please do not dwell upon my death, But celebrate my life."
Bullrushes and the frozen broad, University of East Anglia
Churches Together on the Broads www.churchestogetheronthebroads.org.ukwalking group at Upton Fen
The top of the mast of a wherry on Ranworth Broad, Norfolk Broads.
A cold morning just outside Great Yarmouth, watching the sun rise over the Norfolk marshes.