Growing up I loved chess, I got it from my Dad. We would play when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. In my last blog, I wrote about how adding movement to Meadowvale completely changed what I thought was a finished turn cycle. I half-joked that it had become the chess of nature games — and the more I play, the more the comparison sticks.

The UK has hedgerows that are hundreds of years old. These were always going to be a main feature of Meadowvale. They provide crucial ecological corridors through the landscape.