From Motor Boat Online Magazine

[ChrisB]

New 24-hour moorings open on the Broads

 

New moorings have recently opened at Boundary Farm, just past Thurne Mouth, on the Broads. The Boundary Farm moorings, previously 150 metres, were closed in 2015 due to unsuccessful negotiations of the lease with the landowner. Under a new agreement, the Broads Authority obtained 40 metres of moorings, which have now been developed and opened as a free 24hr Broads Authority mooring. Funding for the project came from the Broads Authority and ‘Love the Broads’ visitor giving scheme, with a generous donation of £1,692 from boat charter company, Herbert Woods. This is particularly good news for boaters on the Broads, as the Broadland Flood Defences had necessitated the removal of many 24-hour moorings. Fittingly, a Herbert Woods hireboat was the first to be moored at the new site for the launch in July. Amanda Walker representing Herbert Woods said, “We are really excited to see the new moorings, we are sure they’ll be incredibly popular with our boat users”.

[vanessan]

That's quite a write up for 40 metres of new mooring! When passing last week, there was one boat moored there with 2 end posts ignored in front of it. Only left room for one other decent sized vessel. Still, I do agree it's better than nothing in that area.

[Poppy]

Two were moored there last Sunday afernoon. You'd have been hard pushed to find space for another

The Broadland Flood Defences have NOT necessitated the removal of many 24-hour moorings .  There were other reasons !

[ChrisB]

Exactly.

[vanessan]

Reading it again, I think it was more of a plug for Herbert Woods than anything else!

[LondonRascal]

What is a shame, as I commented on Herbert Woods FB page when they shared this - is the sign makes no reference to this being supported either by Herbert Woods or more over the 'Love the Broads' initiative which is where visitors choose to have an amount, perhaps either directly donated or extra £1 on the cost of something they buy to go into such schemes.

You'd never know that this mooring was not 100% funded by the Broads Authority or, that the land owner had decided to allow some land to be leased and used as a Broads Authority mooring so my beef is this is not just another mooring but was part funded by third parties and the public with no recognition other than small editorial pieces like this.