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Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

This is the centre of this secluded little hamlet tucked away on the north side of Hurt Wood, with its modest stone war memorial isolated on a triangular green, opposite the village shop and post office

The stone platform on the left has a memorial plaque on it to the Misses Pilkington, whose efforts in the 1940s ensured the Wizard Woods were saved from development and handed over to the National

The north-east quarter of Overstone Park is heavily wooded.

Today, however, the valley is thickly wooded and it would be impossible to hold a concert here. Instead the hill is now an important nature reserve.

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet moat

The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wood Street suggests that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.

The bare chalk in this view of the Whiteleaf Cross is nowadays not seen so clearly; the downs have since become covered in trees and scrub, with woods in the middle distant field.

Still pleasantly rural, with views of woods and the distant Bowland Fells, this village stands near Wennington Hall, where Peter Hesketh, founder of Fleetwood-on-Wyre was born.

Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left), in

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

Set in remote and well-wooded rolling countryside west of and utterly remote from Crawley, Rusper has a gently curving main street with many good houses and cottages.

The diarist John Evelyn described the 'delicious streames and venerable Woods' around Wotton.

He won the Battle of the Falklands in 1914, and also began the setting up of a fund to preserve the 'Victory' in 1920.

In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

Lodge Hill was then a bare hill, but the Baron imported vast numbers of mature trees to give it its present wooded character; teams of horses toiled from far and wide to haul the trees to their destination

Founded in the 12th century, the hospital of St John Baptist offered temporary relief to poor wayfarers and relief to the sick and poor of the city.

It is thought to have started life as a farmhouse, and was possibly owned by John Thurloe, Oliver Cromwell's Secretary of State. The Courbold-Ellises owned it until the 1930s, when it became a hotel.

We are looking eastwards along gated Ware Lane (centre) to Golden Cap (skyline, centre right) and Lyme Bay (right).

Thank goodness for signposts, as they were (and still are) a necessity when travelling though these rural areas.

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left),

In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

Moor Park was always a popular place for children, and I bet our young ladies in the picture had had a smashing time.