Suffolk Broads Gallery
The mill at Herringfleet in the Broads National Park, on a bright and sunny day
Herringfleet Mill is an octagonal three-storey smock mill with a boat-shaped cap. Winding is by tailpole and winch, the last mill on the Broads. The four Common sails are carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The wooden brake sheel has 59 teeth. It drives a 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) cast-iron wallower with 47 cogs. The wallower is mounted on a 11 3⁄4 inches (300 mm) square upright shaft. At the bottom of the upright shaft a cast iron bevel gear with 33 teeth drives a cast-iron pit wheel with 102 cogs. The pit wheel is carried on a cast iron shaft 8 inches (200 mm) diameter. This shaft has at its outer end a 16 feet (4.88 m) by 9 inches (230 mm) scoopwheel. The mill could pump 2,000 imperial gallons (9,100 l) of water per minute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herringfleet_Windmill
An early start to head across the border to Herringfleet, Suffolk. After a 20 minute hike in the dark across some heathland, forest and frosty marsh I was in position to wait for the sun to rise. It didn't disappoint and coloured the clouds a beautiful orange / magenta colour. After 30 minutes, low clouds moved in and the light show was over.
