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Below Plymouth Hoe, where legend tells us that Sir Francis Drake played that famous game of bowls, is a promenade for strolling or lounging on deckchairs.

Whilst still recognisable today, there have been many changes: volumes of extra traffic and street lights are just a couple.

Only a small part of Middle Row is seen here: No 12 at the east end, with Normans (Outfitters and Camping Equipment) occupying Mann's old premises.

The Marshall family first set up in Cambridge in 1909 with an engineering company to provide car maintenance and coach building work to the rich undergraduates of the University.

Sussex Street, running between Sidney and Hobson Streets, was redeveloped in the 1930s, and finished off with these elegant colonnades.

The statue of the Prince Consort gazes benevolently down High Street. The tower, built on reclaimed land, now leans slightly.

An earlier castle on this site was captured in 1263 by the Norse and was subsequently demolished, allegedly on the orders of Robert the Bruce. A new, stronger fortress was then built in its place.

Bonchurch stands on the steep slopes of St Boniface Down. Both the hillside and village are named after the Devon-born churchman who brought Christianity to Germany.

The 17th-century historian Sir John Oglander remarked in his famous work that 'I knew when there were not three or four houses at Cowes'.

In 775 AD the Mercians defeated Cynewulf, King of Wessex in this area.

Helped by improved fertilisers, increased yields made farming on the Downs more profitable by the end of the Victorian period; however, arable farming on the chalky downland soils remained difficult.

This pretty river between Coltishall and Aylsham has three locks and seven bridges, creating quite a bit of work for the boat crews.

The house on the right, outside which the rather formidable-looking woman is standing, is reputed to be the oldest in Downderry.

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

The narrow and winding Main Street, seen here, is typical of most White Peak villages, and definitely not built for modern traffic.

Earlier masonry was used in some parts of the ashlar construction.

The origins of the Judges Chair, sometimes called the Druids Chair (although there were no druids on the moor), are vague.

This view shows the end of Boutport Street, where it enters The Square. The large building in the dis- tance is The Athenaeum.

Today Frimley is very much absorbed into the town of Camberley, while this particular corner is a busy road junction.

The Sugar Bowl with its colourful decorations is seen from the opposite side of a narrow- looking Brighton Road.

The modern development of Merrymeet has been built behind the houses.

Further into the centre we see the public buildings of the village.

A paddle steamer is reversing out of Lulworth Cove, below the Coastguard Lookout (centre left).

The Clydach River is a tributary of the Usk, and joins it between Abergavenny and Crickhowell.