What a day. I make the trip – for the first time in five weeks – to my allotment. The plot is really overgrown, the grass on the paths is over a foot tall, my chard has gone to seed, and is almost 5ft tall, weeds are everywhere. I’m sad. Then Jenny comes over and offers to plant some things for me. She spends about half an hour weeding a bed, while I separate pots of sweetcorn, sat on a stool in my polytunnel. She plants them out for me. Courgettes are next, the plants pretty pot bound, they’ll be happy now they are planted, and should grow vigorously and start producing. I am still in pain with my back injury, and my body’s telling me to go home to rest. I shall try again next week. Thanks Jenny, for lifting my spirits.