🦢 Exciting news on HWRT coming soon. We are going from strength to strength with exciting partnerships and events on the horizon. Please follow the riverside trust social media pages and keep in touch ~ @WroxhamWaterfowl

Hope, happiness and festive cheer from Heather's crew🌿

Bobby the performing pooch on the low road to Scotchland by a 'slow lady' motor car "I'm not a great one for jokes. I'm more interested in the absurdity of life." #StanleyBaxter 1926 ~ 2025 Gifted humourist, impersonator, actor 🎭

A moving dialogue from the late Ian Richardson that would apply to so many of us today. Ian, upon reaching the summit of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, reflects on the past and his place in it. Today, such reflections are more depressing than ever. Our purpose is to live in the

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed at commercial poultry premises in Suffolk & Lincolnshire. All bird keepers should remain vigilant & follow stringent biosecurity measures to prevent future outbreaks. See https://t.co/Ei44zogGSt: https://t.co/kVC5W69sVS

How beautiful it would be to have seen the nightlight of 30s London. Especially if the war that never needed to take place, never took place. @Lost___London @Britains___Pubs

It's 40 YEARS, Folks! Happy #HowardsWay Day !

🦢🦢🦢b) The recognition, preservation and appropriate celebration of the unique character of heritage houseboats and riverside heritage structures; c) The promotion of public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the natural and built riverside environment. ⚪️

⚪️ We are delighted to announce the launch of Hoveton & Wroxham Riverside Trust. The organisation will be based on the waterways around the Upper River Bure. Our aims are:~ a) The protection and conservation of wild bird life and riverside habitats;🌊🌊🌊

⚔️ On the 80th anniversary of #VEDay, we look back at the unit governing the #waterways in World War 2. The 2nd to last part of Nigel and Sara Royall's interview of Jack Powles Jnr, nephew of #JackPowles ~ dexterous shipwright & showman of #Broadland. ~ https://t.co/nD1tgn3Ci2

#OnThisDay 1958: If you only see one video today featuring eccentric octogenarian thespian A E Matthews, hater of lamp-posts, lover of brandy, make it this one.

~~~🎨 Create your own sign using a number of colours and words of your imagination. Proceeds help towards the preservation of Heather, a one of a kind boat and waterfowl conservation on the Upper River Bure @HovetonWroxham.

🔠 Examples of embossed sign plates can be found at the charming, laid back Larry's Pizzeria + Cafe Bar at Hoveton Riverside Centre, just round the corner from Wroxham Bridge. The signs are produced by hand at Jepson and Co's @1894SignCo workshop in Sheffield, Yorkshire.~~~

💗 Whether ashore or afloat ~ surround yourself with love and positive vibes. Bob, Carol and co take a jaunt along the River Bure ~ the main artery of Norfolk's waterways.

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Our dear friend Yvonne from round the coast in sunny Lincolnshire kindly sent us a festive parcel containing a bright scarlet caped Father Christmas duckie that intrigued both the swans and Bobby.

🌿 Well behaved Grey African parrot encounters a boisterous Chiuwawa~Jack Russell hound on a quiet street in downtown Hoveton on Christmas Day. With Japcandy Caron

~~~ John from Hoveton explains ~ "A canoe or rowing boat could be hired for a shiny half a crown." Boat bookings could be made at Chamberlins shop on the parallel Hoveton side of the river. 🛶

~~~ Cecil was one of very first to let boats to ordinary people, particularly youngsters. Before, they were rarely available to everyone. It was the norm for luxury yachts, motor launches and cruisers to be chartered in advance at a very high cost for several days or weeks. ~~~

In the middle years of the last century Bridge Broad, Wroxham turned from a big overgrown pond, land locked from the River Bure into a multi faceted amenity by the Chamberlin clan, headed by soulful Cecil. 📷 Cecil paddles a dinghy. (Rita Massingham née Chamberlin.) ~~~