What a difference a few months can make. On 19 October last year I took this picture of a digger levelling out the field where the temporary Hatton bridge had stood. All winter it was mud. But now in early July there is a beautiful display of daisies. It was quite a surprise to see them there when I returned to Hatton at the end of June after a couple of weeks away in London.

It just shows you that the wild flowers will take over if you leave them to it. Mind you, I am not so enthusiastic about the weeds that are growing in the garden, but they do say that the difference between a weed and a wild flower is where it is growing!