Barton Broad, Norfolk, UK
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Channel: Alan Heath · 2011 · Travel & Events
SEE MY HISTORY PAGE ON FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Heaths-History-Page/173472422695696 Fed by the River Ant, Barton Broad is the second largest of the broads, after Hickling Broad. It is said that Horatio Nelson used to sail on the broad. It has been recently cleaned up to remove harmful algae and those fish which eat the good algae. It was formed by digging for peat in medieval times which was used for heating. Once dug, the holes became flooded. The fens around this broad is the largest fenland expanse in the UK and contains rare vegetation. It is home to species isuch as bittern, marsh harrier, otter, fen orchid and Desmoulin's whorl snail. My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath has over1,800 original films, most in English. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects. Please feel free to ask questions in the public area or to comment on things you disagree with. Sometimes there are mistakes because I speak without preparation. If I see the mistakes myself, I make this clear in the text. Please also leave a star rating! There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focusing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine! Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region. Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!
