I’ll level with you – I truly love Britain’s flat landscapes

Norfolk shouldn’t play down how flat it is, says our writer. Halvergate Marshes in the Broads pictured. Photograph: Loop Images/Alamy

Shingle beach, drained farmland or a bare plain under huge skies; flat spaces distort distance and make me want to run and yell

Noreen Masud

f you visit the flat fenlands of Cambridgeshire on a clear day, and walk along the ruler-lined channels and droves, you might – if you’re lucky – see a freight train pulling itself out of the horizon like a conjuror’s endless scarf.

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