A floating cabin break on the Broads

Reopening on 12 April, this boatyard on the Suffolk-Norfolk border is an idyllic base for rowing, kayaking, wild swimming and forgetting about the world under big, beautiful skies

“Mum! I’m taking the boat out …”

For a fraction of a second I hesitated … it would take more than a few days to shake off my city-dweller nerves about letting my child roam free. But that was exactly why – after the first lockdown – we’d come to Hipperson’s on the Suffolk-Norfolk border: for open space, fresh air and the chance for my 10-year-old to run wild(ish).