I am not a slave to reality here but I do like to have sense of where things are happening, how the places relate to each other, distances etc. As you saw in a recent post, sometimes you just can’t get better than reality for geography. C’mon, a place called “The Mumbles“?
Tonight I’m trying to bring in a new idea and introduced a new character. I thought she might be just someone who initiates an idea but no. She needs to live in a certain geographic area. A reasonable driving distance. Unfortunately Chipping Sodbury was a little too close. I move the map a bit.
And there it was. A place called Bishop’s Cleeve. I could not make up names like these. I google it.
Bishop’s Cleeve is an urbanised village in the …Bishop’s Cleeve dates back at least to the 8th century AD, though Iron Age and Roman remains have also been found. At the time of Domesday Book in 1086, about 100 people lived there. The oldest houses still standing are from the 12th and 13th centuries. The centrepiece of the village is the church, St Michael & All Angels, which has many Norman features. The tower and the nave arches were rebuilt in the 17th century when other features were enlarged.
I zoom in on the google maps and find all sorts of people wandering the streets of Bishop’s Cleeve: a man pruning a hedge, a woman with a walker, a youth having a cig… what’s down this street? Oh, a store for rent. Cool. Nice archway next to it… Tarling’s Yard. Looks like it’s now shops. Zoom in some more… Just Perfect.
Good night and thank you Google.
