The first leg of my walk on Saturday took me from Hitchin to the village of Pirton. This offered sweeping views across the Herfordshire countryside. From here into Bedfordshire and beyond are the open expanses of intensive farming that characterise much of East Anglia. There are wildflowers to be seen but only on the verges and field margins and in the few hedgerows and pockets of woodland that remain.
 Scenic none the less. The view from the playing field of my secondary school looked across this landscape from nearby Letchworth. I used to gaze towards the far horizon- which seemed more interesting than being at school!