This is what the area looks like: Click on the thumbnails for a bigger version.

The village. From a distance as seen from the canal.
There are lots of fields, some Generous Skies and Wall-to-Wall horizon (TM thanks stu).
 

The local farmsteads (really huge)
 
 

The canal with windmill.
 
 
The canal with more farmstead.

The bridge over the canal. (a pattern developing?)

The village church.