Koppel’s film also depicts a way of life that is changing, as small-scale agriculture which characterised the area is disappearing and the last generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. The local school is about to close, bus services have been withdrawn, congregations are dwindling. Wider patterns of change point to uncertain futures for remote communities such as Trefeurig, but at no point does the film lose sight of the quiet power of individual encounters and routines, as we follow John Jones for instance, patiently driving his mobile library through the village lanes.