The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk, credited to George Christopher Davies, 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 The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by George Christopher Davies. Read in English by TND The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially fish and birdlife. They comprise a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The lakes (or broads) were originally formed by the gradual natural flooding of medieval peat excavations and cover an area of some 303 square kilometres (117 sq mi). The rivers and broads subsequently evolved to become a system of water-highways linking the City of Norwich and other inland towns such as, Beccles, Belaugh and Barton with the sea-ports of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. This is also where the unique Norfolk Wherry, with its shallow draught and distinctive gaff rig with a single, high-peaked sail carried goods and passengers around the Broads area. The Broads have also been a boating holiday destination since the late 19th century and this book is a record of a two week waterborne holiday taken by the author and a friend at the turn of the last century. So, join me if you will, on an auditory cruise around these unique waterways through expansive landscapes under wide open skies. - Summary by Wikipedia and TND

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk
• Author credits: George Christopher Davies
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 3:54:21

Catalogue topics

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

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 11:19
2. 01 - The Broad District — 9:25
3. 02 - Down The Yare—Norwich To Reedham — 21:18
4. 03 - Reedham To Yarmouth — 5:46
5. 04 - Yarmouth To Acle — 7:35
6. 05 - Acle To Wroxham — 19:13
7. 06 - Wroxham Broad — 11:53
8. 07 - Wroxham To Coltishall — 5:18
9. 08 - Up The Ant, To Barton And Stalham — 10:31
10. 09 - Womack Broad — 8:08
11. 10 - Hickling Broad — 9:47
12. 11 - Horsey Mere And Somerton Broad — 10:49
13. 12 - Back To Yarmouth — 4:44
14. 13 - Yarmouth To Somerleyton, Up The Waveney — 8:42
15. 14 - From Somerleyton To Beccles — 7:59
16. 15 - Oulton Broad — 8:58
17. 16 - Ormesby And Fritton — 3:31
18. 17 - Appendix - Railway Access To Fishing Stations — 8:08
19. 18 - Appendix - Norfolk And Suffolk Fisheries Act — 13:17
20. 19 - Appendix - Fishing Generally — 8:10
21. 20 - Appendix - Fishing for Roach — 12:38
22. 21 - Appendix - Fishing for Bream — 10:27
23. 22 - Appendix - Yachting — 10:08
24. 23 - Appendix - Shooting And Skating - Fauna of the Broads — 6:37

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