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Of the fine climate of Colwyn Bay there can be no doubt whatsoever. Flowers bloom here until well on towards Christmas, and are out again in some profusion in February.

We look north-eastwards, above the gable-end of the Bay Private Hotel (centre right), to the Spittles and Black Ven. Beyond are Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill (top right).

It can be appreciated from this photograph how the bleak area of beach and pools resulted from the infilling of the bay by silt and sand from the china clay industry; the old cliff line

Our journey starts in the superb stone-built town of Oundle, nowadays a popular tourist destination and home to Oundle School.

A view of Lyme on a clear summer's day in the 1950s, with the conical clifftop of Golden Cap in the distance. A boatman's sign promises a 'mackerel fishing trip round the bay' for two shillings.

Almost at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula, this small village opens out onto the beach and Cardigan Bay. Here the few visitors that could make their way here enjoy a lazy day on the beach.

Cars have now taken over the centre of The Square, but they are facing in different directions; this, coupled with the absence of kerbs and marked parking bays, suggests that this particular car park

Gone are the sailing vessels, and in their place are the fishing smacks of the town.

We are looking towards the Red Lion, an early 19th-century public house with attractive bay windows.

Looking up to the Granville Temperance and Commercial Hotel in Pump Square, several establishments that did provide alcoholic drinks may be seen among the 18th and 19th century buildings

As we look north towards Market Square, Hutchinson's tobacconist shop is at the corner of Langton Street.

Once a sleepy Devon backwater, Croyde's beach and bay was discovered by holidaymakers in the 19th century. With two huge caravan parks, this area fills up dramatically in the short summer season.

Even at this time the old church dedicated to St Werburgh saw only weekday services and funerals.

Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-off, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

Robert Burns played in this churchyard as a boy, and the popular legends about hauntings and the ghostly atmosphere of the roofless ruin affected him deeply.

It is a stunning group: the medieval church, crowned by a most unusual lantern-like belfry; a 15th-century chantry or priest's house, now a museum; and the grand country house, all in golden Ham stone

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

By the post-war period traffic had increased, so traffic lights were installed (see K13018, pages 52). The KICS (Co-op) drapery building with Jacobean bay windows can be seen down Newland Street.

An excellent view showing the wide sweep of Saltburn Bay, with Huntcliffe and the Ship Inn and the cluster of cottages around it which formed the original Saltburn.

Hodges Garage (in the distance, behind the bus entering Market Square) has since been demolished, and the Castle Hotel (by the street lamp on the right) has also closed.

The central part of this prominent building was built in c1750, and the two outer bays were added in the early 19th century. The chapel was added in 1878 and rebuilt after a fire in 1885.

We are looking out over Grange to Morecambe Bay from Charney Well Road, which rises steeply above the town. Now, houses occupy the slope in front of the camera.

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal-y-Llyn and Tywyn.