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Severe winter flooding has covered all the fields for several miles around. However, the roads are just above flood level, so cars and cycles can travel through this bizarre landscape.
The wooden structures are field gates and post-and-rail barriers to prevent cattle getting into the 'rhynes'(ditches) in normal times. The round objects on the right are large hay bales abandoned in the fields, giving some idea of the depth of water.
It is believed the roads were originally laid out by the mediaeval monks, who designed them just above flood level to ensure safe passage in an age when the Levels and Moors would flood every year. Nowadays, modern drainage and different farming techniques mean winter floods are usually not so severe.