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many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing or sailing boats

Penzance is frequently enlivened by the departure of the fleet of the fishing-boats for which the district is famed.

West of the pier a marine lake for pleasure boating was formed in 1895; it had nearly 40 acres of water and a 3-acre island.

The military vehicle is used to pull boats belonging to the fishermen to a safe and easier spot to unload their catch.

In the foreground are several pleasure boats - the 'Monarch' and the 'Angler'. Sir Christopher Wren's old home, now a hotel, stands on the right bank, near the bridge.

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

Model sailing boats ply back and forth across the pool. In the background is the Moot Hall of c1540; in front is the war memorial, now surrounded by a garden.

In the foreground, Mum and Dad watch over their children who are sitting in a small fishing boat.

In this peaceful scene we see two boats tied up waiting for visitors in the shallows of Semer Water.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

The kiosk has now been replaced by the 1980s Boat House café.

This view is from the Town Lock on the River Trent, which was built in 1951 to accommodate 250-ton boats; its smaller and narrower predecessor lies on the far right.

Here we see boats from a variety of ports, including Hull and Penzance.

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

Travellers still come by boat and tie up at the riverside here.

The revival in pleasure boats on the canals has brought back a lot of life to the area.

The lock was the last before the narrow boats reached the canal basin at Walton Street, where a cargo crane is preserved.

In the 18th century this waterway was busy transporting coal, and possibly large cheeses too, for Tom Rowe the Lancashire cheese factor lived in Bilsborrow.

A lifeboat station was established at Polkerris in 1859, when the first boat was given by the Rashleighs of Menabilly.

We can see the back of the boat station, with 'cushion huts' peeping out behind the strolling crowds, whilst to the right 'Schneider's gate' is flanked by the bold 'Belsfield Hotel' sign.

When the Oxford Canal finally reached Oxford in 1790, the city bells were rung to celebrate the arrival of the first barges loaded with coal from Coventry.

The warehouse beneath is owned by the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company; one of the boats is mooored close by.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

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