Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk, credited to Harry Brittain, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk by Harry Brittain. Read in English by TND The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterway system - a system that evolved gradually by natural flooding as a consequence of extensive peat digging during mediaeval times in this vast low-lying area. The Broads (or lakes) and rivers were used for centuries to transport goods and passengers between various inland locations and the coastal ports of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. During the nineteenth century, the area started to become popular as a boating holiday destination. This book, first published in 1887, records the events of the author’s holiday on the Broads aboard his own eight ton cutter – The Buttercup. The author, along with a friend (named variously, Jack or John) and his ’man’, George sail the yacht to various places of interest around the Broads. With the help of an experienced sea captain, the group leave the Broads for a day and sail the Buttercup down the Suffolk coast past Southwold and through Sole Bay to see the remains of the ancient capitol of East Anglia at Dunwich. So, if the thought of being out on the water, sailing and discovering all sorts of interesting places is something that ‘rocks your boat’ then please join me if you will, on another auditory cruise around these unique waterways through expansive landscapes under wide open skies. - Summary by TND

Recording facts

• Recording title: Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk
• Author credits: Harry Brittain
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 5:03:43

Catalogue topics

• travel
• Suffolk
• sailing
• norfolk
• rivers
• east anglia
• the broads
• norfolk broads

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 3:04
2. 01 - Introductory — 11:37
3. 02 - Norwich to Lowestoft — 29:03
4. 03 - Digressional and Otherwise — 22:57
5. 04 - Lowestoft to Beccles — 20:17
6. 05 - Beccles to St Olaves — 19:22
7. 06 - St Olaves to Yarmouth and Acle — 29:51
8. 07 - Acle to Wroxham — 7:05
9. 08 - Wroxham Broad to Little Switzerland and Horning — 11:42
10. 09 - Horning to Potter Heigham and Waxham — 17:55
11. 10 - Waxham to Palling — 14:28
12. 11 - Palling to Hickling and Martham — 22:04
13. 12 - Potter Heigham to Acle — 24:17
14. 13 - Acle to Wroxham Bridge — 18:57
15. 14 - Wroxham to Barton and Acle — 30:13
16. 15 - Up the Muck Fleet to Filby, Rollesby and Ormesby — 16:02
17. 16 - The Fisheries and their Preservation — 4:49

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