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Axmouth was once a considerable port, and boats navigated the River Axe as far as Colyton. Certainly the Vikings, raiding this coast, used the Axe to seek plunder far inland.

Cobles (the local fishing boats, based on a Viking design) are pulled up above the Easington Beck as it flows out into the sea.

A man and woman are seen on the landing platform waiting for a boat. A ferry once operated at this point to take people to the opposite bank of the river.

Jerome K Jerome featured the pub in 'Three Men in a Boat', published a year before this picture was taken. He described it as 'the quaintest, most old-world inn up the river'.

Piers allowed the visitor to travel easily over the sea and obtain views of the resort which otherwise would be only possible from a boat, but without any of the attendant discomfort!

What is there more pleasurable than to take a rowing boat out onto a picturesque, well-treed lake, to escape for an afternoon of peace and relaxation away from Leicester's factories and mills?

A boat on a trailer here (left) confirms the ancient links between this community and the sea.

The connection with the legend of Robin Hood is obscure, but one story is that he made his way here in order to hire boats in which to escape from England.

It was near here in June 1839 that a passenger on a boat to London, Mrs Christina Collins, was brutally beaten, raped and murdered.

It is perfectly plain to see that pleasure boating and messing about on the river has long been a popular pastime.

This boat was sunk in 1940 while on its second crossing to Dunkirk during the evacuation from France.

Eights such as this one start off about one and a half lengths behind one another, and each boat has to catch up with the one in front, thus 'bumping' it.

The boatyard of Harry King & Sons, 'Yacht and Boat Builders and General Repairers', is still there.

Huge shoals appeared off Land's End in July and swam along the coast to be taken in seine nets by the Mounts Bay fleets.

The curve of the river forces bargemen to make a skilful manoeuvre into the lock, which allows boats to travel past the weir.

Benfleet's wooded hills once provided vital material for fuel and boat-building.

Good Friday and Easter Monday would see a miniature fair—stalls for refreshments, model yacht racing on the reservoir, rowing boats for hire, bowls and so on.

There is a similar walk on the north bank, and on summer evenings there are many pleasure boats on the water. This picture was obviously not a summer evening!

This may have helped local boats, but the nearby Dodman Point claimed many ships. A granite cross on the Dodman was erected in 1896 by a local clergyman in the hope of encouraging the second coming.

In the Stourport basin, in dry dock by the big wharf, boats can be refurbished; the basin, reached by the canal through locks, was built to accommodate and service longboats with a full

The little sea wall on the beach is topped by a fine selection of winches and windlasses, all essential for hauling boats up the beach and clear of storms.

A young lad balances precariously inside a small boat, whilst men work on the mast of a vessel moored starboard side to the jetty.

The sails in the after parts of the boats drawn well up onto the beach are raised, assisting them to dry.

However, boat traffic ended in 1966, when the last paddler - the PS 'Embassy' - called.