On the trail of HE Bates.

Higham Ferrers and the church of Saint Mary the Virgin, seen from the Market Square and setting for Bate's The Sleepless Moon.  Our heroine might have fell from the spire.  After Higham we followed the river valley for various other settings of the book, including Ringstead where the naughty couple consummated their love by the mill stream.  A glorious autumn day to trace the Nene through east Northamptonshire.