Sunday

Woke early and was walking wit Harris before 6am. Beautiful morning and not another soul in sight for the hour we were out.

The New Inn at Rockland St Mary - good food at good prices and wifi!

After breakfast we set off downstream towards Reedham with Andrew walking Harris on shore while we dawdled so as not to get too far ahead.

We finally agreed to pick Andrew up and then stopped off at lovely Reedham which has its own Broads ranger to help you moor. We went walkabout, some in the hope of finding a source of cash, but to no avail - it was a Sunday and there are no cash machines in these parts!

We moved on and were looking to get into the Waveney Inn, a sort of pub on a holiday complex. By now it was raining hard and there was no room at the inn - unless we had a reservation - which we hadn't. It seemed pricey anyway so we went back to the boat for an impromptu lunch.

We then sailed towards Outlon Broad to catch a glimpse of Lowestoft but were met by Broads rangers who told us in a nice way to forget it as they were powerboat racing on the broad and it was tight to get past them. It was still raining so on we went towards our evening stop.

As we appraoched Beccles, the guide book reminded me that there was a very low bridge there. We scraped under with a few inches to spare and then it was on to the head of navigation at Geldeston.

We just about got a mooring space - it was busy as the pub nearby had a Bank Holiday weekend event on! Some were having a party next to the boats complete with gazebo and open fire barbecue.

We thoroughly enjoyed the pub - rather wacky but the food was excellent and the portions enormous. No wifi though - it was in the middle of nowhere, as the bar man put it - hence no pics late yesterday.

We were in bed, tired out with all the fresh air, by about 9.15pm, knowing that we had to be away by 6am the next morning to catch the tide at Great Yarmouth, with someone having walked Harris by then!