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Here the Burn winds its way through lavender-covered salt marshes to the sea; here the sand dunes stretch away to Holkham in the east and Scolt Head island to the west.

The route ran through this area of marsh and woodland known as the Heronry. With the relaxed timetable of the Southwold line, there was ample opportunity for poaching en route.

The marshes are home to large populations of birds that include wild fowl, little terns, and black-headed gulls.

All Saints' Church stands solidly against the east wind which blows across the marshes. A meeting room has been added on to the west end of the tiny church.

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

Amidst the Cowholm marshes are the scanty ruins of St Benet's Abbey, founded by Canute.

Situated at the southernmost end of the Isle of Thanet, the bay is bounded by cliffs on the north, and by marshes to the south.

This scene is worthy of a painting; it shows a typical windpump used to drain the reclaimed marshes.

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

The marshes were a popular haunt of wildfowlers seeking tasty birds and unusual specimens for the taxidermist. About 400 acres of this area were purchased by Dr Sydney Long in 1926.

Marsh's stores and Ferring Motors' garage are on the opposite side of the road.

This type of elegant windmill came into its own during the spring and autumn when the marshes were often full of flood water; during this time it was literally 'all hands to the pump' to ensure the safety

At the Royal Hotel on the left the author first sampled samphire, a Norfolk delicacy found growing in salt marshes around the coast. This has become so popular that you need a licence to pick it.

In 1940 both river and marshes froze, so it was possible to walk the whole way to Acle. The ferry became redundant when a road was built.

The church, known locally as 'the cathedral of the marshes', with its 128ft nave and 83ft tower, presents an imposing landmark.

A great medieval port and a walled town, it declined as the sea retreated; by Victorian times it was mainly a prosperous market town for the surrounding area and the Walland Marshes.

Our photograph was taken from Giant Axe Field; the area behind the photographer, known as Marsh, had at the time been developed as a linoleum and oilskin manufacturing plant.

This last chapter follows on geographically from where the fourth chapter finished, at Burgh le Marsh four miles west of Skegness.

Will Marsh and his Merrie Men performed in the wooden theatre on the left, near the bathing machines, whilst the fair ground was also near the high water mark with a helter-skelter, roundabouts, a rifle

Down below, on what was once marsh land, and an area known as Duke's Fields, is not only the Manchester Ship Canal but the Waver Navigation Canal and the Runcorn Docks.

The buildings beside Sea Hill Lane are the Anchor Inn and Anchor Inn Cottage (left), Seatown House (centre) with its flag-pole, and thatched Seatown Farmhouse (right), which was known as Marsh's Farm.

The east end part of the quay faces northwards with views across the flat marshes to the sea beyond.

The church, situated on high ground above the river Blyth, and known locally as 'the cathedral of the marshes', presents an imposing landmark.