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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Patrick Barkham

My mission? A two-day voyage along the Norfolk coast to deliver potatoes for a chip shop

Victorious is an immaculately restored 42ft shrimping boat, one of only three remaining Wash smacks
Victorious is an immaculately restored 42ft shrimping boat, one of only three remaining Wash smacks. All photographs by Peter Naylor Photograph: Pete Naylor

The water glitters, rippled by a rising wind, and Victorious glides silently on three huge, maroon sails. We’re the only boat in sight, surrounded by grey sea and vast sky. Every direction offers a subtly different picture: patches of blue and fluffy clouds, billowing blue-black clouds, occasional rays of sunshine beaming into the Wash. A flock of Brent geese flies across our bows.

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