Norfolk Days Out

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I am an armchair pilot fortunately with pilot friends and one of my great pleasures is cadging a ride with a couple of friends on a nice weekend break.

We recently decided to fly to North Norfolk. We are based in Essex, so it’s just a short hop over Suffolk, skirting Norwich and up over to Cromer. We then followed the coast to the west and landed at Snoring (yes, Snoring – an old Norse name, isn’t it great?!). I have to say that this was my first time in this part of the world and my first impressions from the air were what a beautiful, green, county it is. As none of us had any great knowledge Roger (the pilot) had searched for hotels in North Norfolk.

Hiring a Broads cruiser from Moonfleet Marine on the River Ant, you can easily access 3 places of interest around beautiful Barton Broad. The boats are all well equipped to a high standard. So your first place you must visit is Stalham.

Stalham is upstream from Barton Broad, and the River Ant is narrow with trees on either side. Lots of boating holidays start at Stalham. The town has a supermarket, various shops, pubs and restaurants and petrol station. A place of great interest is the Museum of the Broads, which gives you an insight as how the area has developed.Once you have seen the museum you should go for a walk around Stalham staithe or explore Sutton staithe. Sutton Broad has good mooring facilities and the village has a few shops, together with an interesting Mill. Sutton Mill is a tall corn mill that you can wander round but not in, at present. Sutton although it is close to Stalham, was probably more enjoyable because of the visit to the Sutton Pottery.