Taking a drive across the fens the other day we spotted a pretty bedraggled looking tree which wanted to be photographed for #treetuesday.
The bedraggled tree.
While I was out of the car it occurred to me, to show you what the fens actually looks like because I often talk about them in my posts. So to give you some kind of context to the area in which I live I made this short video.
I have been writing about the fens for many years and include a link here if you want to know all about the area.
It is pretty long and detailed and covers the numerous flood events that have happened over the last few 100 years.
"Building on Fenland has always had risks attached to them, as the fens are predominantly below sea level.
The fear has been that the sea, will breach coastal defenses.
What has sometimes been overlooked, is the rainfall on areas that are below sea level and other low lying points in the geology. Water with nowhere to run too will gather in the lowest lying area."
The commentary in the middle of this clip is from a video I made with Rex Birchenough at the Flag Fen archaeological site in Cambridgeshire. Full video
Hope you know have an idea of my home range.
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