4 BROADLAND SPORT 



detached villas to the more humble cottage ; from a guinea a 

 room per week to half-a-crown. If this does not suit, the 

 more adventurous and hardier visitor can find quarters on a 

 houseboat or a fishing smack for practically nothing at all, 

 although it may be open to doubt whether there are many 

 who would be so inclined to embrace such opportunities. 



The situation of Oulton Broad is unrivalled. The 

 Waveney and the Yare, two of the principal rivers of Norfolk 

 and Suffolk, supply its vast expanse, and the Bohemian 

 tourist has several hundred miles of waterway lying before 

 him, all of ready access. To the north is Oulton Broad 

 Station, on the direct line from Norwich and Great Yar- 

 mouth to Lowestoft. To the south Carlton Colville Station 

 as before mentioned. At the easternmost extremity of the 

 Broad is situated Oulton Lock, which separates the fresh 

 water from the salt. Beyond this lock lies Lake Lothian, 

 once part of the Broad itself, but disconnected from it 

 about fifty years ago by a lock. Trains run to and from 

 Lowestoft every half -hour during the season, and almost 

 every hour during the winter. There are several roads and 

 pleasant footpaths to Lowestoft, and the distance can be 

 covered by rail in a few minutes, on foot in half-an-hour, in a 

 pony car in fifteen minutes, and by a rowing boat in twenty 

 minutes. Lowestoft is too well known to need any description, 

 except as regards the sport the town affords, which will be 

 dealt with hereafter. 



The fishing on Oulton Broad is distinctly good, and no 

 matter at what season of the year the locality is visited, sport 

 of some kind or other can always be obtained. During 

 January, February and March, pike are on the feed, and good 

 sport is assured unless ice prevents angling. Should this 

 be so there are always large " wakes," or open places, left 

 by the ice-gatherer ; the ice-harvest being looked forward to 

 by the poorer inhabitants, who might otherwise go without 

 creature comforts during the winter months. The fish resort 

 to these open places for air, and good baskets are made by 

 those who are enthusiastic enough to brave the cold and try 



