A woman from Estonia walks along the A47 between her two jobs at McDonald's and a petrol station, Cambridgeshire.

The Reverend Ian Cuthbertson of Gosberton Church blessing the Council gritters at Pode Hole Depot, Linconshire. Prayers are given for the safety of drivers during the Winter months before the gritting vehicles set off to deposit salt on the county's roads to combat the icy conditions.

"Father, we pray for safety on our roads, for those who maintain the highways and streets of our county that all road-users may travel with confidence. We pray for all who exercise responsibly of traffic-control, and in particular, our Police Officers, that they may at all times carry out their required duties with care and consideration; with compassion and due regard for the welfare of all road-users, and that they in turn receive courteous cooperation from members of the public. O Lord our God; we seek your blessing upon our roads this winter-time, asking for your protection and your guidance for those who travel on the roads of our county day and night. Instill in us all Father, the virtue of patience, understanding, courtesy and common sense, praying that we may all drive with due care and regard for our fellow-road-users."

Farm workers harvesting cabbages during a rain storm near Sibsey, Lincolnshire. Leafy vegetables like cabbages, kale and cauliflower are pulled in the early winter when the first frosts come. Known as the Brassica season, much of the working day is spent in the wet and cold.

Prospective customers of the Labas Mini Market in King's Lynn reading closure notices after the business was shuttered subsequent to being accused of selling illicit vapes and tobacco to children.

Lambing Day, Gayton, Norfolk.

Last orders at The Crossways on Valingers Road, King's Lynn. The pub, which stands on the highest point in the town has closed after trading almost continuously since 1846. Update - Now open again under new landlords/ladies

Member of Spalding's Lithuanian Society celebrating their country's independence from Russian occupation in 1918. Around 4000 Lithuanians live in the town and the society exists to promote their interests.

Barley Queen Jen Mead blessing the field with the Rev Chris Sutton of All Saints Church, Alburgh, Norfolk in the hope of a good harvest. The ritual occurs around Rogation Sunday and can be traced to the Roman rite of Robogalia, when a dog was sacrificed to protect crops from disease.

A Sikh Anand Karaj (wedding) party on its way to Leeds stops in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK.

Mummers recreating the legend of St George & the Dragon on St George’s Day, Downham Market, Norfolk. The dragon is played by the town's mayor, Frank Daymond, St George by Councillor David Sharman.

Graffiti on a disused agricultural building near Lolworth, Cambridgeshire. The structure, known as the Conington Barn was originally built by the route of the Via Devana - the Roman road which skirted the undrained Fens. The road subsequently became the A14. The barn enjoyed a secret life in the latter years of the 20th Century as a resting place for hitch-hikers going North, until the A14 became dualled and traffic speeds increased to the extent that it became impractical for vehicles to stop. The barn was demolished as part of the A14 widening project in 2018.  

Palm Sunday service at St Michael's Church, Swaton, Lincolnshire, commemorating the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey a few days before his arrest and crucifixion.

Negotiating a burst water main, Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,UK

Two young men from Lithuania out shopping in Boston, Lincolnshire on Saturday afternoon. They’ve adopted the ‘gopnik’ look, popular amongst fans of 'blatnaya pesnya' - literally 'criminal’s songs’, a genre of music popularised by East European hip-hop artists but with its roots in 19th Century czarist Russia.

Squash for sale down the Fen off the A10 near Southery during the recent cold snap. Payment via honesty box is a familiar sight in Norfolk and I suspect in many other rural areas too. Relying on honesty isn’t a great basis for a business as it depends on the buyer believing that dishonesty, directly observed or not will be at some point be punished. Until recently that belief was known as having a conscience, now all you need is a Ring Doorbell.

A room (kolhata) to rent advertisement in a newsagents window, King’s Lynn. The text is in Russian cyrillic and deliberately designed to appeal to prospective East European migrants tenants of a certain age. Anyone who went to school behind the Iron Curtain before 1991 learned Russian as part of the curriculum, and as part of the USSR’s cultural domination of its occupied territories. Although widely loathed and abandoned after the fall of communism, the practise of having a common language proved useful for migrants when those countries joined the EU under the A8 accession rules in 2004 and they were given the right to come to live and work in the UK. That meant Czechs, Latvians, Lithuanians, Slovakians, Slovenians, Poles, Hungarians and Estonians could communicate with each other. Quite useful if you’re trying to make yourself heard on a factory floor or field in the Fens. Even today If you go into any of the East European shops in the town the transaction will often complete with the assistant exclaiming “Spasiba”, the Russian word for thanks.  

Children playing a clapping & rhyming game on a street in King's Lynn, the meaning of which is probably only known to them. It went 'Ribena, sassatina, big boy,crazy girl....STATUE!'. It stuck me how unusual it was to see children playing without the intervention of technology, just using their imagination. The location is Garden Row, just off Windsor Rd. If you're local you may recognise one of Lynn's great pubs, the Livey on the left. Garden Row also contains one of the few remaining cobbled streets in the town which survived the slum clearances in the 1930s.

The Bicafe on on Albion St, King’s Lynn, behind the bus station. One of the half-dozen or so establishments serving the Portuguese community in the town. Usually family businesses run by ladies of a certain age they serve traditional dishes like Bacalhau à Brás - salt cod and potatoes that offer a little taste of home to those that perhaps haven’t been there for a while. Portuguese cafes take their very coffee seriously and everything starts with espresso. If you go ask for a Cortado, a double shot, with a layer of honey then steamed milk.  

 Being a romance language Portuguese has gendered words, so it’s Obrigado to say thank you as a man and Obrigada as a woman. Naturally I got it wrong, although in recent times the language has tended towards the masculine, something that apparently doesn’t meet with the approval of the older generation.