2 BROADLAND SPORT 



The answer comes as a gentle whisper from the murmuring 

 sea, from the sighing reeds, from the vast expanse of hazy 

 marshes, from the most health-giving resort of the United 

 Kingdom from " Broadland." 



There amusement, pleasure and sport are offered to all. 

 No matter what the hobby may be, or how small a sum at 

 our disposal, Broadland will meet it, and Broadland will 

 provide unlimited interest alike to all comers, rich or poor. 



We will then (in imagination) turn our faces towards this 

 promised land, visit its most noted centres, staying for the 

 while where sport can be found, and travelling further afield 

 as the spirit listeth. We will note all we see and hear, 

 chronicling the result of our researches. 



There cannot be two opinions as to the best train service 

 to Broadland, so, starting from Liverpool Street with all our 

 paraphernalia and gear enough to stock a small retail 

 sporting establishment, we book a ticket to Carlton 

 Colville, a small station two miles from Lowestoft (the 

 terminus), where we eventually arrive after a three hours' 

 journey and one stop at Ipswich. 



Carlton Colville is part of the village of Oulton Broad, 

 and but a hundred yards from the water itself. Should the 

 train not stop and run through to the fashionable watering- 

 place, what matter, it is only a live minutes' run, and a cab or 

 a pony-cart will cover the return distance in twenty minutes 

 for the reasonable sum of 2s. 6d. 



The village is well provided with accommodation for 

 visitors. " The Wherry Inn " has almost irresistible charms 

 to offer. The snug little parlour, overlooking the Broad, is 

 a mass of curiosities and trophies of fish, feather and fur; 

 not a spare inch is available; the walls, the tables, the 

 mantelpiece, are all full, and if the day is wet the visitor 

 can amuse himself to his profit and advantage. He will find a 

 facsimile of Pegotty's hut built in miniature from wood taken 

 from the original ; specimens of fish of all species that frequent 

 the neighbouring waters, the like of fowl, and a hundred and 

 one little nicknacks which must be seen to be appreciated. 



