Walden Macnair lived on a small plot of barren farmland in a hamlet to the northwest of London.  There was a dilapidated farmhouse, a shed and one or two large outbuildings that apparently housed livestock – cattle and chickens, from the sound of it.  Standing next to Yaxley, Hermione linked her arm nervously through his as they approached.  Macnair was outside, sitting on a stump outside his shed chipping away at a block of wood with a whittling knife but making no pretense of actually attempting to carve anything.  He looked up as they approached.