Sheep keeping in the shade as the light fades (but the heat remains). In the distance you can see the gently rolling English countryside sub-divided by hedgerows that are a mixture of hazel, blackthorn, hawthorn, dog-rose and crab-apple - some hedges are up to five hundred years old. The fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus Spinosa) are known as sloes and are used to flavour gin.