THE OLD NORFOLK gamekeeper, who was sitting next to me in the Land Rover, shifted uncomfortably and adjusted his hearing aid. “Right, about this pond. There are ponds. There are plenty of ponds but they’re all overgrown. I can show you them. But to be honest it’s a waste of time.”
Some months previously, the same gamekeeper had told me that over the years, it had frustrated him immensely that all
