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

3 November 2018

Wheels in motion


This leaf spring hand cart was found near Southend in Essex. It will be used to lug sacks of grain, as well as other stock and boat gear, including luggage, or dunnage in maritime speak.

Hand wheeled carts were once synonymous with Hoveton and Wroxham and ports and waterways in general. Business wherries often had oaken wheelbarrows and provisions carts were a common sight on the highways and byways.

In 1878 pleasure boating pioneer John Loynes brought a small open boat from his original boat station at Elm Hill in Norwich to Hoveton and Wroxham, so beginning the large scale boat letting industry in Broadland. Barrows were used around the numerous boat yards and children earned pocket money carrying luggage of holiday visitors between the railway station and riverside quays.

All kinds of carts are still used extensively in other parts of world, like Asia. Behind the scenes in Venice, trollies trundle routinely along the passages of the city, transporting all manner of essential things.

Chris

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