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Year: 2014

Scroby Sand

Scroby Sand

One of the first commercial offshore windfarms in the UK sits just three kilometers off the coast in Great Yarmouth. It consists of 30 turbines with a capacity of 60 megawatts that have been feeding electricity into the grid since 2005. The wind farm has also become a major tourist attraction: E.ON runs an information center (which was closed today, unfortunately, like half of the stores and restaurants in the city center during the winter months) and boat trips take…

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Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

Norwich, Norfolk and the Broads

  We spent the last few days of our pre-worldtrip-holiday in Norfolk. We visited Norwich yesterday, saw the castle and cathedral and lingered through the lanes. Today we went to the village of Ranworth, climbed up the tower of St. Helens Church (aka the “Cathedral of the Broads”) and strolled through in the beautiful Ranworth Broads. We continued to the village of Salhouse, where we took a walk around the countryside. The Broads attract most tourists in summer but are a beautiful place…

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