Where Are We?

For the benefit of readers from afar and the geographically-challenged nearer to home I should explain where I am. I live in the village of Meldreth, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in the region known as East Anglia, in England.

East Anglia is the bit that sticks out into the North Sea, just above London on the map. It's all fairly flat country with large, modern farms almost entirely devoted to growing wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beet, oil-seed rape and other arable crops. The towns and villages closer to London are becoming increasingly urbanised, or perhaps sub-urbanised. But the character and history of the older landscape is still there for those, like me, who seek it out.

A map of East Anglia showing the main towns and cities. Meldreth, where I live, is just north of Royston.

Hope that helps.