It's grim down South....

A very useful Independent article about the problems of RURAL DEPRIVATION. It follows a report by the COMMISSION FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES.

Turns out that large parts of Norfolk fall into this category.

Here's a RURAL Norfolk image I took earlier today, as part of my FROSTY ramble home: see earlier post.

And another one illustrating one aspect of the change that is happening in many rural communities: the closure of the village pub.