We Explored the Entire Norfolk Broads with 2 Kids and The Dog… What Could Go Wrong?
Gem and Clay’s VanVentures
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🎥 Come along with us as we spend one unforgettable week exploring the entire Norfolk Broads by boat – with 2 kids, 1 Dog, two paddleboards, one drone, and zero clue what we were doing!
From peaceful riverside moorings and epic sunsets to unexpected fog, love-heart signals, paddleboard fails, and a goose trying to take out our drone – this family holiday had it all. 🚤🦢🌅
We travelled from Potter Heigham all the way down through Beccles, Loddon, Rockland St Mary and Norwich, crossing Breydon Water (twice!) and discovering parts of the Broads we’d never seen before.
💬 Highlights in this video:
• Teaching the kids to drive the boat
• Being attacked by a goose mid-drone flight 😅
• Paddleboard towing chaos
• Quiet moorings, stunning sunsets & countryside cooking
• Throwing love hearts at passing boats (don’t ask… just watch)
• Exploring southern hidden gems like Beccles & Loddon
This last-minute trip turned into one of our most memorable family adventures yet. If you’re thinking about a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads – this is what it’s really like!
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The most concerning thing about your video was towing the kids on paddle boards. Had you thought about the danger if they came off and had to be rescued? There was a fatality not many years ago of a young man falling in and being injured by a boat propeller when his friends tried to rescue him. You might be aware of that danger, but what if someone else less competent tried to help?
Your video is beautiful, and you obviously love the Broads. Just try to enjoy it more safely!
You captured the essence of The Broads perfectly!
Fleet Dyke - where you spent the first night, is obviously a lovely spot esp at sunset 🙂
I saw your daughter's West Ham top👍👍. I'm from Forest Gate btw but live near Chester now.
Used to go a lot as a kid, sometimes twice a year. One reason been put off going with own family is fear of it being busy. Your video has tempted even my never going on the Broads wife.
We Explored the Entire Norfolk Broads with 2 Kids and The Dog… What Could Go Wrong?
Gem and Clay’s VanVentures
12,410 views
🎥 Come along with us as we spend one unforgettable week exploring the entire Norfolk Broads by boat – with 2 kids, 1 Dog, two paddleboards, one drone, and zero clue what we were doing!
From peaceful riverside moorings and epic sunsets to unexpected fog, love-heart signals, paddleboard fails, and a goose trying to take out our drone – this family holiday had it all. 🚤🦢🌅
We travelled from Potter Heigham all the way down through Beccles, Loddon, Rockland St Mary and Norwich, crossing Breydon Water (twice!) and discovering parts of the Broads we’d never seen before.
💬 Highlights in this video:
• Teaching the kids to drive the boat
• Being attacked by a goose mid-drone flight 😅
• Paddleboard towing chaos
• Quiet moorings, stunning sunsets & countryside cooking
• Throwing love hearts at passing boats (don’t ask… just watch)
• Exploring southern hidden gems like Beccles & Loddon
This last-minute trip turned into one of our most memorable family adventures yet. If you’re thinking about a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads – this is what it’s really like!
⸻
🔔 Subscribe for more family adventures, van life, and travel vlogs!
👍 Like & comment if you’ve ever been on the Broads (or want to!)
I had a couple of holidays on the Broads in the 70's as a kid and really enjoyed them.
I am seriously thinking about going again with our daughter and granddaughter .. I am sure they would love the experience, as much as I did 50+ years ago.
Regards from Whitley Bay