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Hill House Road, NORWICH, NR14 7EG

Moored here is S332, a private sailing yacht named 'Phantom'. It was designed by Jan Proctor and built by Rydgeway Marine/Pegasus Yachts at Oulton Broad. The River Yare is very quiet these days. Ever since the lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic which had been imposed on 23 March most businesses, including boat yards, are closed. The lockdown was eased on 13 May (a day before this photo was taken) and private boats are now again allowed to travel on England's rivers. Hire boats, however, make up for the bulk of river traffic in this area.

Here the path leads through private property, skirting the riverside gardens of adjoining houses. The walk > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358319 starts by St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1280845 leading in westerly direction. It winds its way downwards > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358328 to the River Yare, following a woodland edge before it reaches the bottom of the valley and the reed beds growing beside the river > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358349. A footbridge > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358351 leads over a drainage ditch and a short walk > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358355 leads to the river bank > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358357. A narrow path flanked by dense vegetation follows the river from here onwards until it emerges by the car park on Bramerton Common. The Wherryman's Way > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1340030 is a 35-mile long distance footpath following the route of the Broads trading wherries between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. The route takes its name from the wherry – a large cargo-carrying barge whose black sails used to be a common sight on these waters. Ten circular village walks branch off this path along the way.

A leaden sky and growling thunder announce the arrival of a thunderstorm over the River Yare.

The insect is collecting pollen before the thunderstorm arrives. For a wider view of this location see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1358383.

This plant is a relative of St John's wort and native to western and southern Europe and Iran. It can commonly be found growing in damp or shaded habitats including deciduous woodland and hedgerows. When the leaves are crushed, they smell slightly aromatic. The common name of the plant is derived from "Toutesaine" which means "all healthy" and indeed it was an important medicinal plant in the Middle Ages when it was used for treating a number of diseases including cholera. The Physicians of Myddfai wrote that “The mugwort, madder, meadow sweet, milfoil, hemp, red cabbage, and the tutsan, all these seven herbs enter into the composition of the medicine required. Whosoever obtains them all, will not languish long from a wounded lung, or need fear for his life.” The 19th century herbalist Culpeper recommended it for treating sciatica, gout and for healing burnings by fire.