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The connection with the legend of Robin Hood is obscure, but one story is that he made his way here in order to hire boats in which to escape from England.

Jerome K Jerome featured the pub in 'Three Men in a Boat', published a year before this picture was taken. He described it as 'the quaintest, most old-world inn up the river'.

Piers allowed the visitor to travel easily over the sea and obtain views of the resort which otherwise would be only possible from a boat, but without any of the attendant discomfort!

Axmouth was once a considerable port, and boats navigated the River Axe as far as Colyton. Certainly the Vikings, raiding this coast, used the Axe to seek plunder far inland.

Cobles (the local fishing boats, based on a Viking design) are pulled up above the Easington Beck as it flows out into the sea.

A boat on a trailer here (left) confirms the ancient links between this community and the sea.

With a little imagination, it is almost possible to smell the uncovered weed drying in the sun, as a lonely figure tramps with bowed back along the lower part of the slipway towards the boat trolley,

Thereafter it was not possible for boats to travel higher up the Bure, and all traffic from the Broads now halts at Coltishall.

It is dawn and stevedores, carpenters, coopers and ropemakers are arriving by boat to begin the day's toil.

A man and woman are seen on the landing platform waiting for a boat. A ferry once operated at this point to take people to the opposite bank of the river.

What is there more pleasurable than to take a rowing boat out onto a picturesque, well-treed lake, to escape for an afternoon of peace and relaxation away from Leicester's factories and mills?

It is perfectly plain to see that pleasure boating and messing about on the river has long been a popular pastime.

It was near here in June 1839 that a passenger on a boat to London, Mrs Christina Collins, was brutally beaten, raped and murdered.

Boats squat in the mud under the embankment.

In fact, a navigable creek once brought boats right up to where we are standing (near the entrance to the playing fields). What would the fishermen have made of shops such as Dressywear (left)?

So successful was the boating lake, which opened in 1924, that six years later it was doubled in size by an extension south of the big bridge.

The letters RX preceding the number on the side of the foreground boat indicate that it is registered by the Board of Trade in the port of Rye, which is situated some two miles up river

In 1906, five convicts made their escape by boat; they were eventually captured.

Boats squat in the mud under the embankment.

Fishermen also benefited from this extra demand for entertainment, as they were still able to supplement their income by offering pleasure boat trips from the beach.

This peaceful lane is often used by those keen to watch the boats go by. Many hikers have strolled into this pretty village to see its cliffs and cottages.

Several jetties stretch across the sands to the sea, providing moorings and access for pleasure boats and fishing smacks.

During the 18th and 19th centuries Emsworth was an important port along this stretch of coast, and it became successful mainly through corn milling, boat building, fishing and a flourishing oyster industry

Today the ships are rather less numerous - the Isles of Scilly boat 'Scillonian' is the only vessel of any size to operate from the harbour.