It comes after The Guardian newspaper asked its readers to share their favourite reserves and national parks.

Allison Armstrong said she has a particularly fond memory of being out on the water with her husband.

A photo of Hickling Broad at sunrise (Image: iWitness)

"We were holidaying in the Broads national park when my husband told me that my birthday present was a day out on a historic wherry yacht," she explained.

"At the boatyard in Wroxham, an enthusiastic crew showed us round the boat, and within a few minutes we were watching the huge gaff-rigged sail rise up the mast.

"We sipped our tea, gliding silently past the reeds, and stopped for a guided tour of Bure Marshes national nature reserve.

"Lunch was a picnic on Salhouse Broad, and a treat was a cornet from the ice-cream boat. A perfect day on the water for £60 each."

Some of the other locations mentioned were Snowdonia in Wales, the Walthamstow Wetlands in London and the Lych Way in Dartmoor.

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