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Decent amount of hardpack dirt around cambridgeshire too IMO. I used to be of the "fnar there's no grav in the uk" but I've changed my mind lately. I think the main difference is that whilst there's plenty of bridleway, there's not huge amounts of linked up bridleway, so you end up on the road not just cycling to and from, but also during.
Also in winter the hardpack dirt turns into cloying, destructive mud which fills my mudguards instantly and in the summer it sets into rockhard washboard with 0 moisture for my mudguards to catch, but I still have mudguards on my bikes whenever possible. It's the principle of the thing.
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Meh. Why should I care? I live in Cambridgeshire. Plenty of paved roads. Really, really badly paved, admittedly.