Your Favorite Mooring Locations

[ranworthbreeze]

On Facebook there is a topic asking for peoples top two mooring locations. In view of this what are your top five mooring locations?

Here are mine:-

Bramerton Common

Womak Staithe

Loddon

Stokesby

Rockland St Mary

What are yours?

Regards

Alan

 

[Hylander]

Hardley Cross Hardley Mill Langley Dyke Polkies Mill.

 

 

[Gracie]

Mine has to be

Salhouse

How Hill

Mud Weight Barton Broad

The Chet

Johnny Crowes Staithe

My list could go on and just about mooring anywhere on the Broads suits me, the only place I won't moor is the Yacht Station at Great Yarmouth, broke a nail trying to climb off the boat once, never again lol

Grace

 

[imtamping2]

Just a nail ??? amazing all heels still fully shod,....well done

[Boatingman]

My five are

Geldeston Wherry Inn 

Somerleyton

Langley Dyke

Irstead

Rockland Stathie

[ExMemberBobdog]

I'm not telling you that!  If I did you'd all turn up and I wouldn't be able to get in!  Suffice to say they're all above Potter Heigham bridge, so that should keep most of you away.

[MauriceMynah]

Horsted Mill, Geldeston, Salhouse, Reedham and Sutton Staithe

[ZimbiIV]

The Broads!

It would be easier to say the worst.

Gross Yarmouth, never moored there but I dread to think of the emergency that would make me.

There is is that little mooring 1 maybe 2 could moor, total peace, BUT I am not saying any more.

paul

[JennyMorgan]

Any half decent pub that doesn't have a live band or a pretentious menu.

[rightsaidfred]

Only got one and that is wherever I happen to be at the time.

Fred

[trambo]

Berney Arms on a misty night.

Salhouse Broad. Anchored at the Wroxham End.

Reedham

Beccles at the Lido mooring.

Ferry Inn Surlingham.

(and one I avoid...Oulton Broad Yacht Station......unless there is a special event on at the tramway museum. Then its number one on the above list!)

 

[trambo]

Oh and Stokesby............blast, thats six!!!!

Fred

 

[Broads01]

Ooh, tough one. In no particular order:

Cockshoot

Surlingham mudweight

Ranworth

Pyes Mill, Loddon

Salhouse

 

[VetChugger]

Any five of the aforementioned would suit nicely but add Horsey Staithe or mudweight on the Mere.

[riyadhcrew]

Neatishead

Salhouse

Womak (Ludham)

Surlingham Ferry House

Beccles

Plus all points in between and around. 

[Bound2Please]

Most wild moorings

Salhouse

Gays staithe

Comisioners cut

Rockland broad on the mud weight

All in no particular order

Charlie

[SwanR]

Top five ... I know I'll post this and then think of somewhere I forgot!

North Cove 

Womack Dyke

Ranworth Island

Paddy's Lane

Bramerton Common .... but not when it's full on a Friday night!

[Gracie]

The problem with this wonderful topic started by our Alan is that with each post I think, oh yeah I love that one too, I agree with every single post

I forgot to mention this one, Acle Bridge, either side of the pub or Bridge, you can't beat taking a long walk along the moorings, chatting to people that are moored there for the exact same reasons as yourself, especially at sunset and you see all the boat windows beginning to light up and glow, something special about that

Sorry Alan, that makes number six for me, then there's Fleet Dyke and have to agree with Fred, the Berney Arms at night, creepy and magical at the same time, would be more appropriate for this topic to be called Your top 50 Mooring Locations

Grace

 

[Springsong]

Irstead, Coltishall, Belaugh, Fleet Dyke, Womack. Anywhere that does NOT have a mooring fee, so mud weighting is a favourite

[Guest]

Dilham, Horstead Mill, Somerton, Somerleyton, Horsey in no particular order.

[Vaughan]

Interesting to see how often Salhouse Broad and Surlingham Ferry keep cropping up.

No mention of Wroxham, Horning, Potter, Stalham or Ranworth. Wonder why?

Not sure I would like to spend the night on Surlingham Broad because of the rise and fall of tide. Might find yourself sitting on an old wherry in the morning!

I like to moor anywhere out in the country, on broad or riverbank, where I can get up just before dawn and see what comes flying overhead.

[DaveB]

Here goes -

In no particular order,

Black horse broad (mudweight)

Commissioners cut

Salhouse (mudweight at the base of the hill)

Herringfleet

Barton (mudweight)

 

[SueH]

49 minutes ago, Vaughan said:

Interesting to see how often Salhouse Broad and Surlingham Ferry keep cropping up.

No mention of Wroxham, Horning, Potter, Stalham or Ranworth. Wonder why?

Not sure I would like to spend the night on Surlingham Broad because of the rise and fall of tide. Might find yourself sitting on an old wherry in the morning!

I like to moor anywhere out in the country, on broad or riverbank, where I can get up just before dawn and see what comes flying overhead.

I love Ranworth although obviously it gets busy.  Also Oulton Broad, Loddon and Langley Duke.

We are not into mud weighting as always need access to get Rosie on and off for her constitutional.

[vanessan]

Hardley Mill

Langley Dyke

Womack Dyke

North Cove 

Any wild mooring with access to walkies!

We too have to rely on bank mooring because of our pooches. As others have said there are so many pleasant moorings it is difficult to actually pick the special ones.

What about the moorings people avoid for one reason or another? Certainly GYYS for me! I also don't like being lined up stern-on in a line of boats overnight, places like Loddon, Hoveton or Ranworth. I find it claustrophobic!  

[YnysMon]

Since I've not been 'down sarf' yet and consider myself very much a newbie my list is obviously based on restricted experience.  Still I think my favourites list includes one of two moorings not mentioned yet.  Unfortunately several depend on getting under 'that bridge'.  Here goes:

Gaye's staithe

A wild mooring on the bend near the entrance to the dyke that leads to Martham Broad (haven't actually moored overnight there yet, but it was so peaceful during a day-time mooring).

Deep Go Dyke

Fleet Dyke

Mud-weighing on Hickling Broad.  The downside of this one is having to take the dog ashore in a dinghy for its constitutional which is a bit of a faff but worth it.

Helen