BURGH ST PETERS. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



THE WAVENEY VALLEY 



FOR the purpose of convenience, and in order that no confusion 

 may arise regarding the various districts open to the visitor, a 

 return is once more made to Oulton Broad, and after re- 

 victualling the ship the voyage of discovery is continued up 

 the Waveriey or the Beccles River. 



For the first two or three miles Oulton Dyke is retraced 

 as far as the sharp turn which forms the outlet of the Beccles 

 River and leads to Burgh Staithe. 



The church tower of Burgh St Peter may be kept for a 

 long time in view, rising, as it does, from a narrow spit of up- 

 land on the right-hand bank of the stream. This is one of 



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the most extraordinary towers in England. It looks as 

 if it consisted of square blocks of masonry placed one on 

 top of the other, diminishing in size the higher they go. 

 The interior of the church is quaint and worth visiting, being 

 a typical Broadland place of worship. 



The church is quite close to Burgh St Peter's Staithe, 

 where boats may be hired, and good baskets of roach and 

 bream are occasionally taken. 



A little further up the reach is Carlton Colville stearn 

 drainage mill a well-known landmark. Three-quarters of a 

 mile beyond this, in the corner of a sharp bend of the river 



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