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

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

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

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.

Here we see a section of the canal at Greenberfield Locks, just before it enters the town.This is the highest point that the canal reaches.The revival in pleasure boats on the canals has brought back

The channel leading up to where the boat sits at its mooring is no longer in evidence.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

The boat on the far right might be the River Fal Steamship Co's 'New Resolute', built at Malpas, Cornwall in 1882.

The year 1909 saw hardly any but the smallest boats in Preston Docks, and the council had to dig deep into their coffers for dredging work before things started to pick up again.

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.

Dropping pots from open clinker-built boats in pitch darkness and foul weather meant the whelkers could often find themselves stranded for hours on end on the wrong side of the bar waiting for the tide

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.

Another older pub, the Fishing Boat, dates from 1840.

She was one of its express boats, which provided a nightly service to Liverpool from Donegall Quay.

The river has long been used for boats trading upstream and, more importantly, downstream, where the Stour links up with the River Severn and thus with the ports of Gloucester and Bristol.

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 Dock End has yet to be cleared out and made into a safe haven for the fishing fleet boats in bad weather.

Below the second Tyrley lock, a loaded narrow boat poses for the camera.

The boat on the left-hand side in front of the man on the jetty is used as a store for lobster pots.

Sheltered by the nearby island of Cumbrae, Largs has long been a popular place for messing about in boats.

In 1921 Batchworth Lake, being nearest the town, was already used for recreation with rowing boats and yachts.