Hinxton in hazy spring sunshine

Hinxton has many things going for it - it still retains a very rural atmosphere - walking up the High Street you can see the fields stretching away behind the houses, even though the village is a few minutes drive from petrol stations and railway stations and the M11. The pub appears to be doing well, and the parish council is active, and there are little quirks like the library in a telephone box that made me smile.
Talked to people there this afternoon about the bus service which is bedding down, the roads, footpaths and cycleways. The fight in 2008 to keep the 10,000 house Hanley Grange development away still registers strongly.