The project to renovate the London garden has progressed very slowly – ‘life’ intervened. However, I now have a plan for the garden, and I have started work, stripping out almost everything back to the ground. Shrubs have been cut out, and the overgrown box bushes, and now I am tackling the invasive ivy, a few hours every day.

The debris is mounting up!

The fence will need to be replaced. Just look at that ivy.

There is rather a nice flint wall which I am gradually uncovering, and close to the wall an attractive birch tree.

What a mess! I think months of work lie ahead.