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Both clerical gentlemen led the local smuggling gangs, hiding the contraband in the old vicarage - now a beautiful thatched house called Vicars Mead.

Bundles of Norfolk reed are stacked on both banks of this shallow backwater. The growing of reeds provides one of the principal industries of the broads area.

There is another man- made weir above the rocks in the Thrutch. Most of the dell is much more densely wooded today.

Another ex-mining settlement, Porthtowan became a popular destination for day-trippers from Redruth around the turn of the century.

Here we have another view of the bridge. On the right is the post office; near here is the point that the Ordnance Survey declared was the centre of the British Isles.

Stoney Middleton was yet another lead mining village, as the bumps and hollows in the field in the foreground show.

Its present name also reminds us of another old local industry: it is now called Malthouse Cottage.

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

Here we see another view of this main road.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

Endowed by both the Harpur Trust and the Bedford School Trust, the former owns the school - and three others in Bedford - and the latter exists to hold certain funds and property for its general benefit

Perhaps mooring a boat immediately in the rapid descent path was not very wise - this could cause problems both to the owner and the lifeboat crew.

This lane leads from the Market Place to the castle gates. The buildings on both sides are located over the original moat. Centuries ago there may have been a drawbridge here.

Another classic view of the Lake District. The pine-clad promontory of Friar's Crag near Keswick on Derwent Water is backed by the forested slopes of Walla Crag.

The fisherman on the right is well protected from the elements.

Yet another beautiful Lincolnshire sandy beach, and yet again the wooden breakwater defences have been taken away. The sea appears to be calm and the weather is warm.

There are cynics who say that the remains of the castle are not worth the effort of the steep climb.

The Black Boys is owned by Morgan and Co, another of the four great breweries of Norwich.

Four young children, seated on the bank of the Stour, are mirrored in the tranquil waters, while to their left, another adult resident stoops to fill a bucket.

Circular memorial plaques on either side on the wall commemorate both World Wars.

It was to Cardiff Castle that Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, was brought after his defeat at Tinchebrai in 1106, having made war on both William Rufus and Henry I.

The Old Ouse river runs through both Upwell and Outwell, the next village downstream.

The nearby Elizabethan Madingley Hall was the residence for both Edward VII and George VI during their time in Cambridge as undergraduates.

By 1903, the population stood at around 16,800 and, by 1920, would grow by another 1,000 or so.