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The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage.

The Square and Cobb Gate at the seaward end of Broad Street, eastwards from Bell Cliff, with the line-up of parked cars including Rileys, a Hornet soft-top, Jowett, Standard and Austins.

As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.

Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.

The Broads The 'Silver Swallow'

Thomas Wright was a well-known boat builder, and so were Allen's, who considered their designs to be the quickest on the Broads.

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.

This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.

Trees shade the broad square.

Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.

This broad street, with ample space for parking, displays contrasting architectural styles: the small 19th-century shops face mid 20th-century designs.

Here we see the broad sweep of the sandy bay to the west of the harbour area on a quiet day.

This mainly 13th century church, with its broad tower and slim spire, has fine stalls and misericords, as well as some modern mosaic work.

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street.

Typical sailing cruisers glide majestically along the River Thurne, passing one of the essential wind pumps which drain the fields throughout the Broads area.

Here we have a view of the broad main street, with St David's Church and the church hall on the left.

A sailing barge makes its way along the Orwell, with lush wooded hillsides coming down to meet the broad tidal mudflats at the water's edge.

The Phoenix Park Murders, the murder by the 'Invincibles' of the Chief Secretary, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and the Under-Secretary, Thomas Burke, took place near here in broad daylight in May 1882.

This street, broad and uncluttered by traffic, is lined with Georgian and Victorian houses, and dominated by the splendid Victorian clock tower at the far end.

Note the broad width of the street where the market used to be held, and the pleasing variety of architecture and raised pavements.

Broad pavements and a dirt road characterise this turn-of-the-century view.