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A rough load of timber has been stacked on the banks awaiting collection.

When the throngs of summer visitors, yachts, launches and cruisers disappear with the swallows, the Broads sink back into their true nature, timeless and brooding.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

This view is from the footway outside Lloyds Bank. On the right is what was once the most important building in the town: the Railway Institute, built by the directors of the railway.

The Natwest bank to its right is over-scaled 1930s Neo-Georgian, while to the left of the White Hart two buildings have recently also been replaced in pallid Neo-Georgian.

Matthew Arnold died in Liverpool in 1882, but was brought back to his birthplace for burial.

Today, Penmaenmawr is a small, much-loved seaside resort overlooking Conwy Bay and backed by precipitous coastal mountains.

The rotunda (now occupied by a bank) can be seen on the left. It was built in 1826, and was a concert hall and ballroom.

In the 19th century, New Street became a banking location. The Cloth Hall was demolished amid much controversy in 1930 to make way for the new supercinema, the Ritz.

The bridge is built in greensand stone, which in Bedfordshire is actually dark brown owing to a high iron content in the rock.

Until 1939 the buildings on the right faced Church Alley and the backs of ranges of cottages a few feet away, demolished in that year.

In the foreground is the church primary school, parts of which date back to 1853, now much extended.

Central Park ran from Queensway to the back of Western Road, whose c1900 houses can be seen in the distance.

The tiny hamlet of Leigh lies on the east bank of the River Severn, perched on land just high enough to raise it from the floodplain, a few miles north-west of Cheltenham.

Facing us is Abbey Mill, whose origins date back eight centuries to the time when monks from the Benedictine monastery diverted the River Avon to power the mill to grind the corn that made their daily

This lovely view of the Promenade looks north towards Hest Bank, with the Central Pier in the background.

The village of West Retford, with its own medieval parish church, St Michael's, lies on the west bank of the River Idle, and has long been absorbed into the town.

Perhaps his greatest innings at the Oval was against Australia in 1926, when he made a century to help bring back the Ashes to England.

The first records of a mill here go back to 1321, but it is not known exactly how many mills have stood here in the intervening years to 1800, when the present mill was built.

There are also many retail outlets in evidence, as well as a branch of Midland Bank (now HSBC, of course) on the right.

The present manor house, Acorn Bank, dates from 1656. An historic herb garden, open to the public, is cared for here by the National Trust.

Do not shout too loud about it, though, as there are many locals who would rather it were back across the border.Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the

The English were soon back, and work continued on the castle, but it stopped again a few years later when Henry de Lacy, distraught at the death by drowning of his only son in the castle well, wanted nothing

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career. It was erected five years after the general's death.