Picture 17 - Barton Staithe.

BARTON STAITHE. The spot here depicted is the chief landing place on Barton Broad, easily reached from Stalham by rowing about two miles up the River Ant. The Broad is a beautiful stretch of water, over a mile in length, rather shallow, but a wide navigable channel is marked out by posts. There is a small island, which is in request by picnic parties, and the landscape is studded with windmills, while the exceptionally tall rushes swaying this way and that, with a peculiar swishing noise, makes up a charming picture. Fishing is good hereabouts, and will be appreciated by the commissariat of the yachting party as well as the angler.