Picture 26 - Hickling Staithe.

HICKLINO STAITHE. Beside the great lonely wastes of Hickling Staithe, the haunts of coot and hern, overhung fby huge bulrushes and fern, with irisis and sedges of every shade, whole days may be passed almost in solitude, the silence only disturbed by the fluttering of wild fowl, the lowing of cattle, or the plashing of water from the wheel of a gabled mill on the bankside. A ceaseless panorama of sunny waters, etc., is unfolded here, monotony being unknown to those who are acquainted with the Broads thoroughly, and love these peaceful haunts. The village, a very large and straggling one, is about a mile away. The meagre ruins of Hickling Priory scarcely repay the visit.