Secret Water and the Witch's Quay



"Secret Water" is the name that the Swallows gave to an area called the The Naze south of Ipswich and Felixstowe and near Walton on the Naze. As with all places in the Norfolk Broads (Coot Club and The Big Six) and Ipswich/Harwich (We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea and Secret Water) books, the places are all quite real.

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High water at Secret Water, ©Roger Wardale.
The Wade across Secret Water at low tide, ©Roger Wardale.
The Witch's Quay in Secret Water, ©Roger Wardale.
The Witch's Cottage from Secret Water, ©Richard Knisely-Marpole.
The Witch's Cottage from Secret Water, ©Richard Knisely-Marpole.
The Witch's Cottage from Secret Water, ©Richard Knisely-Marpole.
The interior of the Witch's Cottage, ©Roger Wardale.
View from the Witch's Cottage to the Witch's Quay, ©Roger Wardale.
Roger Wardale's Swallow 2 in the Witch's Quay with the cottage in the background, ©Roger Wardale.
The Eel totem in the garden of the Witch's Cottage, ©Roger Wardale.
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