The Guardian · uk

Country diary: A lesson from my final diary after nearly 40 years – keep looking closely | Phil Gates

Stanhope, Weardale: I’ve realised in that time that beauty and fascination can lie in the most mundane of plants – in this case, broad-leaved dock After another exceptionally dry summer, there’s a nagging question lurki…

If you want the whole piece, that’s at the paper. We only keep the nut graf.