October

For half term we took Misterton out on a litte trip. This was our first 'proper' trip on the Broads, and its a little different than the Thames as we had tides and a couple of swing bridges to deal with. The first bridge was at Somerleyton, and Mary was able to phone the operator to find out when it would open. We needed to hang around in the river for about 20 minutes as the waiting pontoon was fairly full of smaller boats.

When the bridge opened we let the other boats go through first to make sure we had enough room.

Slightly strange to be able to look down a railway line from the river...

 After a night at Somerleyton, we headed towards Reedham down the new cut. This is fairly canal-like and connects the Rivers Yare and Waveney. Its narrow and not too deep so we needed to go slowly in order to keep in the middle.

 Eventually Reedham bridge came into view and we were able to go straight through.

 Soon we were moored up at the quay and met up with our friends from the 'Golden Mean' who had arrived earlier in the day. We took the children for a long walk to wear them out, went to the pub and then saw a lovely sunset.

On the way home we stopped at Somerleyton again before heading back to Beccles. Nate has become fairly obsessed with steering the boat, but does a good job of responding to 'port' or 'starboard'.

So thats it for now, back to work/school for us!