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A typical moss landscape of sedge and scruffy birch trees is in the foreground; beyond are some of the traditional peat cutters who were still working the area.

The banks of this river tower over most of the buildings in the village, such is the shrinkage of the local peat landscape.

The stumps of massive trees, and the peat they grew in, are sometimes exposed by heavy seas.

No one is completely certain as to their origin, but it is believed that they are the result of medieval peat workings.

As the plants died, peat formed, which became a major source of fuel for the local inhabitants. The bog is now protected.

In the late 19th century, many workers from Holland were attracted to this land of canals and windmills as skilled peat workers.

Fritton Lake, like the Broads, originated as a series of peat pits in the medieval period. It was later used as a duck decoy. The ducks were drawn into the decoy by the decoy man's dog.

In fact the peat around the village used to be dug by the local people for use as fuel.

Turf dales were parts of the old mosses where sods were sliced up for peat, to be used as fuel.

It was here, dur- ing the heyday of the lead mining industry, that the lead was smelted in a mill, though the only intact remnant today is the peat house.

The stumps of massive trees, and the peat they grew in, are sometimes exposed by heavy seas.

Perched on high ground at the fringes of the Fens, it is a place that conceals its long history - rich finds of Romano-British pottery confirm that it was a considerable settlement in Roman times, with peat being

Every freeholder in Mobberley had rights to cut peat from the Moss, usually in their designated `moss rooms` or narrow strips of peaty land.

Lindow Moss, the peat bog shared between Wilmslow and Mobberley, is still in places the mysterious half-land half-water landscape where two thousand years ago a Celtic tribe sought to appease the

This former town had the honour of being granted city status as part of the 2002 Queen's Jubilee year, beating off some tough competition from several other aspiring Welsh towns.

Perhaps they served in the Boer War; in eight years' time these men would be at war again in the battlefields of Europe.

The Admiralty stipulated that it must be at least 100 feet above the water to allow the passage of ships.

Main Road c1955 Once the market town for Northumberland's principal lead-mining area, Allendale Town also lays claim to be at the geographical centre of the UK.

On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making

One of the signs in the shop window of Alcock's, just across the road, reads 'Beat Rising Prices - No Tax Increase'.

A Peace Parade was held at Stortford in July 1919 when the plans for the memorial in Castle Gardens were announced. By-laws forbade the beating of carpets and driving of cattle through the gardens.

At that time, around 1860, it was considered bad for your health to attempt the whole journey without an overnight stop half-way, which happened to be at Preston.

They must either all be at work, or down at Rudyard Lake for the day.

The YHA sign on the right points to the youth hostel that used to be at the end of Eastfield Road.