OULTON LOCK AND THE OLD WHERRY INN. 



CHAPTER I 



OULTON BROAD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD 



IN these days of progression steam offers such facilities to 

 sportsmen that a trip can be taken to almost any part of 

 the world without an absence of undue length, whilst few 

 are the happy hunting-grounds left unexplored or un visited. 

 But why is it that those who can often ill afford it travel 

 so far, and incur so much expense for their sport when they 

 have, within a few hours of the great Metropolis, a veritable 

 paradise to the lover of the rod and gun namely, Broadland. 

 Let us then for the moment imagine that we are worried by 

 the smoke and bustle of the greatest city in the world, that 

 we are sighing for pure air and change of scene, that we 

 wish to leave the cares, the responsibilities, the troubles 

 and anxieties of the daily routine of life far behind, that we 

 wish to enjoy a brief respite which will improve our health, 

 give pleasure and enjoyment, and send us home again with 

 renewed life and energy. 



Where shall we go ? Where can we humour our wayward 

 fancy within the limits of our purse-strings ? 



