I have just read The Burning Land and your knowledge of the geography of the North East of England is awful. It makes parts of the story ridiculous, sorry but it’s true. Durham is not on the Tyne. Bamburgh is almost 60 miles north of the Tyne and you can’ t just ride there in a morning, it did spoil the story, unfortunately I;m from the north east and lived in Essex for 10 years around the are of Hadleigh and Canvey Island so know those areas well. The poor geography really spoils the story

John Laird