Day 6 - THURNE TO COLTISHALL 

Passing Thurne Mill

After breakfast and a few cups of tea, we were ready to leave. We had to be in Wroxham by 12 at the latest, it would take about 3 hours to get there. I was dreading steering us out of the narrow dike, especially as there was no signs of life on the moored boats. Paul went to untie us, as I tried to work out the best way to turn the boat round. Suddenly the boat started moving backwards, I looked at the bank, and Paul was towing the boat back down the dike, and within five minutes we were back on the Thurne.

Approaching Horning

Arriving in Wroxham

The River Bure was very quite and we made great time, and hit Wroxham around 11:30. We moored up at the pilot station, the pilot was already coming over the bridge, he was on his way to the other side, to bring another boat through, so he took us under first, and moored us up.

Lunch in the Sunlight

We went for a stroll around Wroxham, then did some food shopping in Roys. On our way out, had a look around Roys garden centre. Once back at Sunset, we rolled the canopy, and had a long lunch, sat in the hot sunshine and feed the geese and ducks. Quite a few boats where coming down river, the smaller ones rushing to get under the bridge before the water got too high, the larger boats were mooring up along side to wait for low water.

Empty River All The Way Upstream

Nearing Coltishall

Passing Belaugh

We Made It

We made our way under the railway bridge and started our journey up to Coltishall. The sun was hot, and there wasn't any noise once out of Wroxham. It was so peaceful to cruise up river slowly at 3 miles per hour. The scenery here is the best, and it was lovely to just enjoy the river. Belaugh staithe was empty, but we didn't feel like stopping as we were both so chilled out. As we cleared the bend Coltishall common came into view.

Coltishall Common

I love the wide green here, with the two pubs at the end, such a lovely spot. We moored in the same place as we did on our previous visit. This time we decided to walk in the village itself, as we only spent time at the common previously.

Coltishall Village

I was a good thirty minutes to the village along quite a busy road, but it was a pleasant walk. Passing the church, a few pubs and some very pretty cottages. Coltishall is a fair sized village for Norfolk, with some very authentic looking shops, a few tea shops, and quite a number of Nail Bars for some reason!

Old Fashioned Shops

Way Upstream

We walk across a low bridge which marks the limit of navigation on the Bure, looking upstream the river gets so rural and pretty. We called into the Kings Head on our way back, and booked a table for dinner, and walked over the common on our way back to the Sunset.

Best Sausage & Mash

Night Settles Over Coltishall

We had an excellent meal that night. We had thought about trying something from the dinner menu this time, but we enjoyed the Sausage and Mash so much previously, we just had to reorder it. and it did not disappoint. We both had a dessert and we were full. The bill was around £25 for us both with drinks. We had to make our way back across the common by torchlight.