HEATHER

Welcome to Heather

Houseboat of character, docked in Hoveton by the River Bure on the Norfolk Broads Waterways.

Heather is cared for by a partnership of friends and family. Our aim is to preserve the distinctive style of the houseboat and enable future generations to enjoy her charms.

Explore the riverside, browse the shops and places to eat and drink ~ and much more beyond monumental Wroxham Bridge.

Andrew, Timothy and Christopher

2 November 2013

Ghostwatch at the pulk

 

Heather joined in the Halloween fun this year. We picked a large pumpkin from AG Meale's Wayford Nurseries and Farmshop, Stalham, hollowing it out to make a frightful face. The illuminated Jack O' Lantern as they are sometimes known almost floated amidst the blackened surroundings of Hoveton St Johns riverside.

Many holiday makers joined in the merrymaking, dressing up and placing lanterns on their boats and outside apartments. Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether wandering shadowy figures in dark aren't ghosts! Pulk is a Norfolk word for a wild pond. This was located in a vast swampy area below Wroxham road, before being developed around a century ago.

Chris

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King's Head Staithe, Hoveton, pictured from Wroxham public Parish Staithe