Well actually it is the Norfolk Broads.Here is TaTa with Susi who helps crew the wherry Hathor. There are only eight wherries remaining and they are remarkable and intriguin vessels.
A wherry is type of boat traditionally used for carrying cargo or passengers on rivers and canals in England, and is particularly associated with the River Thames. Passenger wherries evovled into the Thames skiff. Wherries were clinker built with long overhanging bows so patrons could step ashore dryshod before landing stages were built along the river. It is the long angled bow that distinguishes the wherry and skiff from the gig and the cutter which have steeper bows following the rise of the Royal Navy and the building of landing stages. In the late 18th century the name was given to the Norfolk Wherry with large sails which was developed to replace an earlier cargo boat the Norfolk Keel.
As wherries are completely wind and sail dependent moving a wherry from its mooring is labour-intensive and involves long punts to push the boat into a wind.The wherry was full at time of sailing so instead TaTa and KeKe went on a solar powered boat developed in Germany and the only one of its kind in the UK. It has 14 solar panels which charge the batteries so the ride is smooth and quiet.
