Patchwork fields in countryside near Crediton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Patchwork fields and rolling countryside, Brecon Beacons National Park, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Morning sunshines illuminates the patchwork fields in the Usk Valley, looking towards the Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Patchwork rolling countryside near Llangorse in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Patchwork fields in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Early morning mist rolls over patchwork countryside in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Patchwork rolling countryside below Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rolling patchwork countryside, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rugged landscapes and green patchwork fields near Shahr-e Zohak, Afghanistan, Asia

Looking over the patchwork fields of Eskdale in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rugged landscapes and green patchwork fields near Shahr-e Zohak, Afghanistan, Asia

Fields around Racchi village near Chinchero with distant views of Andes mountains, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Serra do Cume Viewpoint overlooking the patchwork of green pastures, Island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Traditional Dhow sailing off the coast of the Island of Mozambique, Mozambique, Africa

Misty farmland from Black Mountain, Capel Gwynfe, Brecon Beacons National Park, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial view of patchwork fields and mountains visible on horizon near Mapou, Rempart District, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Aerial view of patchwork fields and mountains visible on horizon near Mapou, Rempart District, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

View of golden sunset behind Long Mountain and patchwork of green fields, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

View of golden sunset behind Long Mountain and patchwork of green fields, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

View of golden sunset behind Long Mountain and patchwork of green fields, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

View of golden sunset behind Long Mountain and patchwork of green fields, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

View of golden sunset behind Long Mountain and patchwork of green fields, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Indian patchwork quilt with tiger motif at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, Rajasthan, India

Costa Rican art, Costa Rica, Central America

Known as the land of 1000 hills, Rwanda's countryside is reminiscent of a patchwork quilt of small manageable fields growing a variety of crops and agricultural terraces to utilise the land space available. Gitarama, Rwanda, East Africa

Like a patchwork quilt covering many of the steep hills of Kigali, this housing in some of the poorer areas of Kigali house a high proportion of the population and are commonplace throughout the Capitol City. Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa

A fire is smoking in the glow of the low sunlight. The small manageable fields are like a patchwork quilt with the colours of the different crops laid out over "the land of 1000 hills". Gikongoro, Rwanda, East Africa

Dungarvan Bay, Helvick Head, County Waterford, Ireland

Rocky cliff shoreline with patchwork green fields and blue sky; Cornwall County, England

Aerial view of a patchwork landscape of farmland out the window of an airplane, Hastings, England

Old stone cross gravestone in graveyard with patchwork of fields in the background; Cornwall County, England

A patchwork blanket and pillow cases hanging on a clothesline with the Atlantic ocean in the background, Newfoundland, Canada

A patchwork of hilly fields bordered by trees and shrubs along the cliffs with blue sky and clouds; Cornwall County, England