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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Sailing, or Cruising on the Norfolk Broads. All I can say is what a marvellous holiday it was! Usually British holidays can be very dull and the weather is often unpredictable, but last week, well the early part anyway it was beautifully sunny and very VERY hot. I got majorly sunburnt and am now peeling.

The scenery is just amazing, down here in Somerset I am used to the rolling green hills, rather than the flat wetlands and reeds of Norfolk, but nevertheless it is still beautiful.

The boats are a different matter, they tend to be a bit cramped and handling them can be very weird! I tend to oversteer quite a lot on those big boats and with no previos boating experience, it is a surprise that they let you on those big boats with only 20 minutes tuition. The hardest part of controlling the boat is when it comes to Mooring up, but I found the best way of doing it was being smooth and slow with everything and we came through fine.

The only bad bits of the holiday were: -
- The rain at the end of the week
- Me and girlfriend getting dripped on by the condensation of the windows.

Here are some photos for you to enjoy... (The first one is the boat we was hiring)

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My Favourite photo...

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/JonBod/2006_0704001.jpg
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beans · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Karma :

Cool where abouts did you go? I live 5mins away from the broads and it is just as nice as you say.
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Suzuki · Roger Joined: 03 May 2005 Karma :

Glad you had a good time. I went on a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads many years ago. Our boat had a sail mind! Wink

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Barney · Spanner Monkey Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Karma :

I love the scenery up there aswell. Looks like a great holiday. Thumbs Up

My family were on the broads last week! I biked up to visit them Sunday and stayed the night, Monday was scorching hot! My grandad nearly fainted.

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

We started off at Potter Heigham, but went to many places during our stay, Wroxham on Sun, Gt Yarmouth on Mon, down to Reedham, Lowestoft and back up to Stalham before coming back home. Smile

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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Karma :

phantomtek · Lil Joe Tek Joined: 20 May 2005 Karma :

Looks good, water way to have a good time. Very Happy

tribal_tiger · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Karma :

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I presume there were more people than just you and your girl friend as that boat looks quite spacious.

In second year (err, year 8) Dusty and I went on a norfolk broads trip with our school - we had about 10 of us in a boat that size, though we were a bit smaller then!

tribal_tiger · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Karma :

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Got the boat from Herbert Woods through Blakes holidays.

Went with my Mum, Dad, Sister and my girlfriend and yes it was a 4-6 berth boat, which my sister was not happy about when she had to sleep on the uncomfy sofa. Laughing

Tribal we had a drink at "The Waveney" when moored on the Oulton Broad.
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