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In the foreground, Mum and Dad watch over their children who are sitting in a small fishing boat.

In this peaceful scene we see two boats tied up waiting for visitors in the shallows of Semer Water.

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The kiosk has now been replaced by the 1980s Boat House café.

This view is from the Town Lock on the River Trent, which was built in 1951 to accommodate 250-ton boats; its smaller and narrower predecessor lies on the far right.

Here we see boats from a variety of ports, including Hull and Penzance.

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

Travellers still come by boat and tie up at the riverside here.

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

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

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.

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

We can see the back of the boat station, with 'cushion huts' peeping out behind the strolling crowds, whilst to the right 'Schneider's gate' is flanked by the bold 'Belsfield Hotel' sign.

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 warehouse beneath is owned by the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company; one of the boats is mooored close by.

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 connection with the legend of Robin Hood is obscure, but one story is that Robin came here to hire boats in order to escape from England.

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 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.

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. It was also a good centre for excursions by steamer.

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.

Below the second Tyrley lock, a loaded narrow boat poses for the camera. The man would work the locks, the little girl would drive the horse, and the mother would steer: this was a family business.

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