It’s been a particularly long, hard slog building Haygrove Garden Tunnels this winter and it feels like it has been the most challenging, weatherwise, since we took over the Garden Tunnels business four years ago. Our construction diary has been constantly changing as customers contacted us to say they have been unable to prepare their site due to flooding, there is a gale on its way, or even the road to the property is underwater.
Most days for the last few months Tim, Nellie and I have been cold, wet and covered in mud. There haven’t been many days when I haven’t silently given thanks to Henry Sidgier who in 1782 was issued a British patent for a rotating drum washing machine!
But this last week, there were just signs that we are emerging from the gloom. Snowdrops, Primroses, and daffodils are all starting to bloom along roadsides. Vibrant Camellias light up winter gardens; Hawthorn blossom is beginning to burst from the hedgerows. Young lambs can at last stretch their limbs and play ‘follow the leader’ along the edge of fields, and we are being awoken to the sound of birds starting to show off.
We revelled in two consecutive dry days and even spent a glorious day building in sunshine, turning our faces up to the sky with smiles on our faces enjoying the moment.
