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The tranquillity of reed beds and alder carr fringing a quiet backwater near Beccles is being enjoyed by the man relaxing in his wide-bottomed dinghy.

Sandilands can be found just to the south of Sutton on Sea.

Bude sea lock is still in use today, although the rest of the canal was abandoned in 1896. However, the barge section was retained as a water channel.

It is said that this point on the River Bure has seen various means of crossing from one bank to the other for the last thousand years.

Soldiers sailed in June 1944 for the invasion of Normandy.

Soldiers sailed in June 1944 for the invasion of Normandy.

This view looks towards Lendal Bridge and the towering bulk of the Minster.

For instance, the hole at the top of the tower was left to allow a clock to be fitted.

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.

Founded in c1200, Fonmon is thought to have comprised two round towers, a square tower or keep and a curtain wall.

The road is now called the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still there today.

This 16th-century lodge, set in what was the walled kitchen- garden of Weald Hall, has unsubstantiated associations with (pre- Bloody) Queen Mary.

The village developed into a holiday resort after the opening of the railway line from nearby Hull.

Spencer used Cookham as the background to many of his paintings.

Broad Haven is sheltered from south-westerlies by the bulk of St Bride's Peninsula. It is a popular tourist destination today. People are exploring in the rock pools, centre left.

The Hayride, which takes place in Walkington on the third Sunday in June, began after the Second World War.

Even though there are no leaves on the trees, Lord Street is still busy; as at Blackpool, trippers visit all year round.

The Front Quadrangle, seen here, dates back to 1710-34 and is based in part on designs by Hawksmoor.

The Hindhead crossroads were named after this hotel, which at one time had been an isolated hut on the Portsmouth Road from which bilberries or whortleberries were sold to travellers.

The building apparently dates from the early years of the 18th century. The small notice on the signpost discourages coaches.

'Tommy's Pit', built at the end of the breakwater, was strictly men only, while women used Crooklets beach, then named Maer Beach. Mixed bathing did not come about until after World War One.

The road between Greatstone and Dungeness consists mainly of bungalows with the miniature railway running behind them, and the area can be pretty bleak in the winter.

Dairy cattle still crop the meadows around the village of Alderholt, and are still taken in for milking much as we see here.

The little harbour of Burry Port was in times past a busy export terminal for tin and fine anthracite coal.