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Just south of Cadgwith, the Devil's Frying Pan was once a vast sea-cave before the roof collapsed, leaving this enormous blow-hole over 200 feet deep.

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

In the cliff that was used for the mine there was a cave, Hob Holes: legend had it that a hob man, or goblin, lived there who could cure whooping cough.

Austin's Library is now the Sue Ryder charity shop, Allsworth's ironmonger's, owned by Harry Hole, and immediately beyond, the Edwardian world of Martin & Triggs, Outfitters.

This view into the Whitebread Hole, a combe east of Beachy Head and south of Holywell, is no longer grazed by sheep; its flat areas are manicured into football pitches.

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

The long, striped building to the left was formerly the headquarters of the Stroud Golf Club, which played on the 9-hole Rodborough Common Course.

To the right of the cottage are crates with small holes in them; perhaps this was the home of a pigeon fancier!

The pub sign is for the Ship, always, it seems, a locals' watering hole as opposed to the other inns and cafes that have catered for travellers on the London to Portsmouth road.

Inside, above the fireplace, there are rare pigeon holes for mail. Sherfield on Loddon is 5 miles from the M3.

Bore holes were sunk, and during one of these operations salt was struck at a depth of 400 ft.

Nearby is Culver Hole, a man-made cave in which the local prince is said to have taken refuge from marauding English troops.

Porth Island squats in the sea opposite, and there among the pinks is a blowing hole that discharges a cloud of spray of such size and force that it can be seen from Newquay.

Westgate has many of the hallmarks of a medieval defensive work, including 'murder holes' from which heavy weights or boiling oils and molten lead might be dropped during an attack, while the slits

At Fairhaven, visitors could take their exercise pulling on the oars of a rowing boat or playing 18 holes on the local golf course.

During World War II the Kings Head was a popular watering-hole for airmen based at the nearby North Weald airfield.

The Hole's Ales advertising sign on the wall has gone, and the beer being advertised on the hanging sign is now Carling.

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

Last used in 1860, they have seven leg holes, which is curious.

There was also the Better Hole, opened after World War I, which became the Fort Cafe in 1937.

The George (the pub on the right) still exists, and is a popular local watering-hole. The towing path is in excellent condition now, and is used for walking and cycling.

These were the great days of Cleveleys Hydro, with its 18-hole golf course and hydropathic baths.

It was good to get back to the small pleasures in life after the wartime years, and this small hotel seems a popular watering hole near the North Wales coast.

So perhaps it is no wonder that through history, these great holes have sometimes collapsed. Some of them subsequently filled with water to become lakes, locally called flashes.