Isn't this wonderful?

Thank you for enjoying some of the things I like, there is not much left apart from violence.

Thank you!!

yes ,Sir it is & I Thank You for a dose of Sanity

Fantastic Simon! Thanks for letting us share that little bit of heaven😁

Thanks Jonathon - lovely stretch of water to work on - must have been a joy to go to to work!!

agreed!

My pleasure Ronald - we’ve been watching things unfold from over here - unsettled and sad times!

Things will get better just hang on .GOOD LUCK

Things will get better just hang on .GOOD LUCK mate all the best from NZ

Thank you Pauline!

Lovely! I wonder if that Wherry is still in use? 👍

Thank you mate! 👍🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪🍻

Germany has a combined waterway network of about 40,000 kilometres, 25,000 of which is accessible to canoeists and kayakers all year round. The flat northern part that’s littered with lakes and canals, to the industrial western Rhineland and mountainous south, a kayaking trip in Germany is as varied as it is beautiful. Move from river to river, through changing landscapes. Britain is not even in the same class for scenery and variety for the canoeist.

Have a look at Canada or Australia. UK is mainly farmland and old buildings

@Linz Earth - why do so many Hermans come to Norfolk? After Brits Germans are the most common nationality you come across on the Broads. Two best places for beer are Norfolk (best brewing malt in world) and Bavaria. Love to Germany from Norfolk. PS - what’s the best 5-7 day route in Germany for varied countryside. I’d like to avoid industrial areas and take in some local beers.

@@linzearth trouble is its full off moaning germans

Definitely - it’s good for us all and it’s really good for nature! 👍😁

Thanks Les! It probably hadn’t changed much in most areas since those lazy days in the 30s. 🛶

Thank you Leanne!

Thank you Arden! 👍🛶

Thank you Jim! 👍👍👍

4 wheels on My wagon Trust if your wound up..the broads is the place to go and unwind...so relaxing there. It’s got to be thee place of calmness.

Beautiful!! A lucky spot!! 👍

Thanks James! 🛶

Thanks mate! Good detective work! 👍

Simon, a bloke in the woods its elementary my dear Watson. With your help of course! S Holmes. (Or Skillet)

Thank you Anna! 🛶😁

Surlingham or Rockland?

Thank you Dirk! 👍😁

Cheers Simon! 👍🛶

Thanks Lee! 😁🛶👍

Thank you Malcolm! 😁🛶

Haha - both unlucky and lucky at the same time! I wonder if that’s why they put the bollards up? 👍

@@simonablokeinthewoods Yes I think that was one of the reasons.

Hi...I didn't read your comment, but I've just posted, and said the same thing..reminds me of the African queen...at least Simon didn't have to get out of the canoe, with those horrible leeches!...lol

That is lovely! Great memories!! By a stroke of coincidence, I used to teach at Thorpe St Andrews High School (as it’s now called - the two schools combined) small world! I used to sail as a boy and loved it - might well make a sailing rig for my canoe. 😁🛶

@@simonablokeinthewoods Wow, a small world. I went to the then secondary modern having just failed my 11 plus due to not being great at maths., but that school still did O levels, so I was sent there, as my local secondary didn't. It was such a caring school with a great ethos. The encouraging head was Mr Belchambers and he knew all of us. I remember Mr Sutton, a maths teacher (and deputy or head later? ) who did a great more practical programme for the least academic children, and a boy from that group who blossomed with his different approach went on to be Head boy. I remember Mr Pinching the music teacher who gave me a good experience in the band, even though I was really clueless about music at the time and played 3rd cornet. Mr Arnison was an art teacher who introduced me to pottery which came to be another thing Iove, and was a very caring form teacher.There was a fiery Spanish lady who taught french and shouted a lot. She induced fear in me and I learned nothing from her. I am sure your pupils will remember you in a very warm way. I now live in Bristol and I met a man last year who now lives in Washington DC but was walking around England and Wales in memory of his wife. I had photos of Wells next the Sea beach and he recognised the area. Turns out he attended the same school, then already combined, a few years later than me. He even knew the teachers. Small world. I went on to be a sailing instructor for a short time for a summer. The small boats on Filby Broad were called Bitterns.we vwere all given the basics for a couple of evenings in a Wayfarer with the teacher, then let loose in a Bittern to work it out together. it was about having fun. I liked Wayfarers and even had an old one for a while. It sparked an interest in my son who has gone on to love sailing yachts and fast dinghys. Your channel is lovely and you have a lot to offer. Thank you.

Haha - not this time! Cheers!

A nice drop indeed! Thanks John. 👍

Thanks Darrell! I’d love to paddle some of those big N. American rivers - bet the logging artefacts were fascinating! 👍🛶

I was thinking the very same thing! If I didn’t have other commitments, I think I could pack up my canoe and spend 6 months touring the waterways quite happily! 🛶

The cooler months are definitely the best times to visit, once the holiday makers have gone home. 👍🛶