Navenby, a village of around 2300 people. Despite its size, it boasts, at the time of writing, a butcher, a baker, two supermarkets, a chemist, a florist, an antique shop, and two pubs.

Originally a trading post along Ermine Street, the Roman road between London and York, Navenby’s strategic location fostered early connectivity in England, a legacy that persists in its modern role as a commuter hub for Lincoln and Grantham. While nearby villages are declining Navenby high street buzzes with independent commerce, shrugging off the dormitory town blight that has afflicted its neighbours.

St Peter’s Church Primary School, and its adherence to the Christian message contribute to the success of the village as a cohesive community along with more secular establishments such as the Lion & Royal pub, notable for it being the location of distinguished RAF pilot Guy Gibson’s wedding night.

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.