Wet and Windy Paddle on the Norfolk Broads. Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere. Twig Stove Lunch.
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- In this video, I head out on to the beautiful Norfolk Broads with my good buddy Ginge. We bundle our dogs and gear into our canoes and set off from Potter Heigham, paddling up stream along the River Thurne towards Hickling Broad, where we are hit with heavy rain and squally winds, adding to the atmosphere on this huge body of open water. After finding a sheltered spot, we set up a tarp and cook up a hearty lunch, washed down with lashings of cowboy tea.
After lunch, we encounter yet more challenging weather as we battle our way across Horsey Mere, the most northerly of the Norfolk Broads and only two kilometres from the North Sea.
A thoroughly enjoyable day out with great company - thanks Ginge!
I hope you enjoy the video.
Thanks for watching!
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Ging is such a grateful fella . Lovely energy
I’d love to see more adventures with him Simon
❤Maggie❤ "I'm so hungry I could eat sticks!" Thanks for the paddle...Poor Ginge has a long drive xo from Canada
I'm a simple man. I see a new Simon video, I smile.
Wow. The wind on your return trip.. I dunnomif I would have tried. Kudos. I probably would have got off lake a while and hunkered down. You continue to impress sir
I found some old pants in a bush. Great for straining tea.
That's certainly a memorable, hairy, paddle. Wind and open water, and a shifty ballast. Good on Maggie for helping keep the front of the canoe down.
I know - I’d have struggled without her! 💨🛶
thanks guys hope you go home ok x x
Weather is always part of the experience. For us here in the Colorado high Rocky Mountains it the same..wind, rain, snow, sleet and a tick or two! That is since lunch...so dinner and a fabulous sunset awaits...tired arms, feet and back...ahhhhh...can't wait for tomorrow will bring........shall we d0 it again next week!!! We must!!!
What a greatlittle adventure.Captain Maggie looks in her element.
Captain Maggie 😂👍
There is more than one “ship”, so it is admiral Maggie.
Wow and I mean wow. I was looking around on your RUclips site and just saw that you've got almost nine million views. So wow, who would have thought. I think we're all just tuning in to see Maggie anyway.😉😉
another nice video THANKS
I was getting restless and worried, no vids for last 2 weeks, was bout to ask andy about your wellbeing, thanks for posting.
Back out on the water with the star of the show... Maggie 😎😎😎
Definitely!! 😁👍
A much needed boost, thanks Simon. Circumnavigated Hickling Broad with my late father and the rest of the family a while ago - great memories - one of our last outings together.
Good memories
pleasure to watch as always
Aldi beans cant fault ya mate.....cant beat a bargain shop
as always Simon thanks for taking us along on the paddle. excited to see it up and watch - and sad to see it end. Ginger and dogs as always seems a great companion on the paddle. glad you made it safe and sound as crosswinds on a lake in a canoe is one of the hardest paddles. thanks again.
No need to apologize, makes it better when you finally post a video. Always enjoy the content.
Well that last section was unexpectedly exciting. Good work out there! I reckon I'd be drowned lol
Side note: it really never gets old looking at that gorgeous boat.
Thanks mate! 😁
Looks like the pups had a grand adventure while the guys worked! Lovely! ATB!
Love it !
What a wonderful day trip! I absolutely love to watch your adventures with Maggie! Your fur baby is so blessed to have you as an owner! God Bless!
Wow that weather got serious!!
"Some good hot nosh." 😊 When I was a young boy scout in the United States back in the Dark Ages (or so it seems), and later as an adult scouter (a boy scout dad volunteer) with my boy scout son who is now grown-up, we would call them one-pot meals. Now the backpackers use dehydrated meals which I recognize are necessary, but there is just something missing about dehydrated meals compared with a well prepared and cooked one-pot meal. "Stick to your ribs" food we used to always say about them. A joy to see Maggie again with you on this your most recent sojourn. Great video . . . as usual. Keep safe from that nasty virus!
Thanks James!
Agreed, although dehydrated meals these days are amazingly good AND food-like, you just can’t beat proper grub. 👍
What a brilliant video.
nice journey and adventure...i am from Indonesia...👍🌹👍
Another great video keep up the great work and be safe
What an awesome day! 💖
Friends, food, canoes & doggos...
Doesn’t get much better. 🤗
Beautiful Simon. So fun to watch. 🙏
I really loved your music choices today also. Just perfect!
Thanks mate!
Great vid as always, I do love the broads recon i will try and get there next weekend, I like to do Horsey to Hickling then to West Somerton, only a shot walk back to Horsey to pick up the car. Funny you should have Ginge from Cornwall, I am down in Cornwall this week Kayaking, I tell you Simon its not natural down here they have these things called "hills" they will make any East Anglian feel giddy, like I say not natural. LOL.
Inspired by your adventures !
Great vid there Simon. Say hello to Ginge from all of us at the Cannon pub in Newton Poppleford, Devon.
Nice and windy paddle
Loved Maggie drying herself off whilst you’re paddling. Aldi beans beat all other British Beans. Nice to see Ginge testing the Fire Trough 👍🏻
Totally agree about Aldi beans - my choice every time! 😁
Opened up RUclips this morning, and OUT LOUD, gasped and shouted louder than was probably necessary "NEW SIMON!!!!!"
Gaaaaaah I missed the loveliness of your friendships SO MUCH
Hahaha, Thank you! 😁👍
Erecting the Tarp was a good idea. That teapot? What a beauty, super light? Of course. A great vid, thanks for sharing this trip with us.
Thank you! The teapot was a charity shop find - it’s not particularly light but makes the best tea! Ginge has replaced the knob on the lid and made a new handle from a bit of bent copper pipe. 👍
Sure I heard simple paddle back with the wind behind us 😊
😂😂😂 Thats what I heard too 💨💨💨
What an awesome day trip.. so impressed by Maggie's canoe skills!
Damn I'm a day late, the notification just popped up. Sorry Simon, looking forward to watching this after work.
Now THAT is an awesome canoe trip! You can’t beat the wind and rain smashing in at you to make you feel alive! And with nice hot grub and a cuppa to warm up and keep the energy up. Throw in a few dogs and you have perfection 👌🏻🛶 🐕
Cheers Gav! It was a great paddle, my arms are still aching!! 😂
What a tough paddle at the end of the video guys, I was really thinking this isn’t gonna end with you guys still in your boats.
The food looked scrumptious and wow that old tea pot is just amazing Ginger.
Nice stove to cook it all on. A very very enjoyable canoeing video that will go into my watch forever book marked videos list.
Cheers chaps 👍
Thanks Ant! It did get a bit sketchy towards the end! 😯💦
Doggie adventure day 😁🤙🤙🤙
This has got to be my favourite video of yours simon !😀 I love a bit of wild weather, but I would have been terrified on Horsey mere ! 😬 really nice to see you filming in my neck of the woods too 👍
Thank you Heather! It’s lovely up there, my first time on Horsey Mere - the weather added to 😃
Good adventure Simon, don't underestimate the weather!!
Potter Heigham my favourite place to be as a child , we are from Manchester but used to holiday with my nana and grandad every year and we always came to Norfolk , I spent hours on end fishing next to that bridge watching the boats sail by and the herons trying to steal everyones fish ... my grandparents are no longer with us but they are memories I'll treasure until the day I die... thank you Simon for evoking such beautiful childhood memories 🙂
That is lovely! Memories to cherish! 👍😁
Simon this is one awesome adventure that you are showing us and you have a friend and three fur babies
by the way Simon I am a very patient person myself I understand about work and everything else between whenever you decide to get something out to us that's what I watch it
And you also have fantastic history that you show us as well
Thank you!
My grandfather and my dad would have pronounced it Potter Ham. My grand dads were both old Norfolk boys. Brilliant trip out, the broads can be a bit wild and wooly this time of year, well done both.
pott Hm Bor 😁
Loved the "dinner bell" and Ginge come a-running.
Works every time! 😂😂😂
That was amazing, from those of us who are still unable to get out and enjoy life, thank you 😁
Another great film; in these strange times these films are uplifting......
I feel windswept just watching that! Poncho weather!.. love that idea of a tarp in a hammock snake-skin!
Nice adventure bloke. Definitely was a mixed weather bag. That last bit with the reeds taught me just why I don't canoe. Out of shape and I'd have been stuck. Love the idea of canoeing, I'm just too old to do it anymore. But I do enjoy watching you in your hand made beautiful canoe. Awesome video mate!! Thanks
Should be called "Simon, a bloke on the water" lol Meal looked great.
Awesome work, Simon. The challenges and your graceful manner of overcoming them, is a tale well told. Hats off to your crew too, for Ginge for keeping up with you, and for the three furry fellows for their endurance and patience. Also gratitude to your family for lending you to us. Good to spend time with you.
21:27.... I could hear you had beans for lunch 😂
Cracking video. Damp dogs. Sketchy paddling. But still loads of fun i'm sure. 😀
Great video Simon, glad to see Maggie back at work.
Great video as always. As a disabled fella, I live my adventures through yours and others. Thanks for getting me through, each half an hour at a time 👍
Wild weather always makes for the best adventures. I had to go to the cupboard for a snack after watching you eat that amazing lunch! Great as always Simon.Thanks for your time. Best.
Nice one Simon. atb
Goes to show that even the best of us can get caught out. I will say, i`m surprised you did`nt hug the north bank from the end of Meadow dyke?. Never mind, all ended well, and you will know better for next time. A great vid, and reminds us of last month when we were boating up there in one of Martham Ferry Boatyards picnic cruisers.
What a trip of epic proportions!! 👍
Simon, that was just great. Thank you. 👍🙂🛶
😜👍, reminds me of the first time I took my wife out in our Hobie Voyager 'just for a first try out' ........ dark skies, strong winds, current & some choppy conditions. We actually loved it 🤣😍.
Wonderful day on the water. Actually any day on the water is a great day. Thank s for sharing a bit more of the history of your part of the world, and sharing the time with your friend.
Be well, stay safe, and take good care!
The food looks good
Simon, the perfect Covid-19 antidote. Thanks my friend!
Fantastically enjoyable journey as always, thanks a lot Simon 👍
Thanks for an enjoyable video of what I still think of as my part of the country - born about 3 miles or so down the coast from Horsey Mere - even though I haven't lived there since I was 18, quite some years ago!
Thanks guys and well done - that was a nail biter!
Beauty! Thank You Simon!
Have to buy me one of those tarps! Good thing your friend Ginge bothered to bring his along! It saved the day to say the least! And you remembered to bring the food! It is certain that some careful planning was done before that trip was started! Good times had by all!!!
Absolutely fantastic video Simon have lots of happy memories there with my Mum and Dad thanks for this
So glad that it’s not just me that has weather like that when out in the open canoe! Like the way you’ve captured what it is really like
I'm sure Maggie has her own opinion of this episode. Poor baby.
What a great adventure Simon, had a bit of everything in it. Food look amazing and that last part seemed a bit of a struggle, but what is life but a bit of a struggle? Hats off to Maggie she truly made this video. Cheers Mike.
Wow, dramatic and scary ending! Thanks for sharing your trip.
Great video! Good time with a good friend. The bond and connection with nature. I enjoyed this!
.....and you remembered all the ingredients too!
😂😂😂
Hey Simon,
Thanks for posting this video!
I really enjoy them and they really inspire me to get out in the country more.
Great to see the comradery with you and Ginge.
I laugh at 21:27 as it sounded like the beans had already got to work
Look forward to your next upload
Take Care
Cracking paddle .
Great vid, Ginge is great too, the two of you seem to get on really well, no stress. Good stuff!
Thank you both for the adventure. That looked like some great fun - eh all except the paddling bit lol. Thanks again gentlemen, job well done.
Great canoe adventure video with Simon and Maggie in charge awesome video.
I'm glad you and the Mrs. were able to get outdoors for a walk. The wind was a bit of excitement, but you both got through safely, so it was fun after all. A very nice trip. Your canoe is just beautiful!
Great video as always Simon, thanks.
Thanks to your fabulous videos (watched during lockdown) we have now discovered the Norfolk Coastal Path . Thank you for your interesting and informative filming .
That was a bit hairy at the end! Glad you all managed to not capsize. Shows it's not all sunshine and fair winds.
It was a bit brutal across that last stretch! I don’t know where our lovely sunny Norfolk weather has gone! 😏
@@simonablokeinthewoods Hmmm.... well, I can definitely say it's nowhere near Chester!😄
im starting to take a liking to ur outdoor videos.. awesome vid..thanks..
Flying J, van camping..
Thanks Jerry!
Great, I think I'll add that Richard Outdoors trough to my Christmas wish list!
Wow! Having recently had an abandoned attempt at paddling on windy Broads, I salute you Simon and Ginge. Well done you!! Thanks for filming when it would have much easier to not bother and just get back! All the best.
Yea i love maggie she ah darling
happy to see this one,Great time for being out there.
Even i as a Brit, think the names Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham, and Horsey Mere sound quaint and evocative. God knows how they must sound to an American!
PS Yeah. Nice teapot!
This was like watching a candy floss cloud float by with all the sounds of a dinosaur running after you
Good to see your new vlog, been waiting like forever. In this pandemic time, watching vlogs like this is an escape. Very comforting. Love your vlogs. Regards. Miss maggie
Hey Simon!
I had a s#@$¥*^"t day today at work. So good to see you.
Hope today was better mate! 👍
Good to see you both again.
Thanks for bringing back memories of our 2018 holiday. We used the tea room where you took the canoes out. Thanks for your videos.
Lovely stuff Si!
Reds hot sauce is a favourite of mine and you seem to have a range of sauces on your vids 👌🏼
The weather at the end took a turn eh 😂😆
Another lovely video, thanks so much🍷from lockdown Melbourne Oz keep safe
Simon:
Great video! Thanks for sharing...
Sure wish you could send a little of your rain our way...
Looking forward to your next video...