Broads

Malcolm and I have had a few days enjoying the delights of the Norfolk Broads. We stayed at Acle and had a fine time exploring the surrounding countryside... Flat of course and rather watery!

Around the fields surrounding the river Bure, there are plenty of channels cut through the reeds to drain the land and lots of pump buildings of one sort or another, who's job it is (or has been), to lift water from lower channels, up into higher ones and eventually into the river Bure itself.

About a mile from the village, the main road crosses the Bure at a rather picturesque spot where small cruising boats go throbbing by.

By the bridge, the Acle Bridge Inn was busy with boaters and locals alike. The bridge itself was once a stone-built, three arched affair, but has been replaced a couple of times, the current one being built in 1997. The inn has also changed a lot over the years, but the current, thatched building looks lovely.

All along the river, old pump buildings are being replaced or updated too, often with thatched roofs...

and everywhere, huge, 'Norfolk, skies.

More to come....