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| Potter Heigham Bridge |
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| Stokesby, Pub and Shop here. |
Sunday 15th May was our second day and our first job was to turn the boat round. The water at Catfield Staithe was not really wide enough to turn so the turn involved reversing into a small inlet and swinging the front round, this went well as we took our time and did everything slowly with Julie holding a rope to pivot the back. We had a look round Hickling Broad which has posts that restrict navigation to only the centre of the Broad. Our next destination was Horsey Mere. At the far end of this stretch of water was a narrow passage to Horsey Wind pump. Going down this passage proved to be a big mistake. There was no room to turn round and a number of sailing boats were behind us drifting all over the place. We had to reverse all the way out. I got on OK with this until we got to the sailing boats and passing them proved almost impossible. Luckily one of the people with the sailing folk guided us past he difficult part. In future we would avoid this bit! We did have a look up towards West Somerton but the river quickly narrowed and after our experience at Horsey Mere we decided to turn round whilst we had the chance. We arrived back at Potter Heigham an hour or so too early to get under the bridge, we past the time eating fish and chips from the shop. There was also a large 'hypermarket' that sold a vast variety of goods. Herbert Woods yard is also situated here.Once under the bridge we had made our way to Stokesby. We were lucky enough to get one of the three mooring spaces there and tied up for the evening. We had found that the 'double' bed was a bit of a close fit and used both bedrooms so that we could get a good nights sleep.
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| Duck family at Stokesby |
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