When Jane and I went wombling on Saturday morning, I spotted what at first I thought was some spring plant poking through the earth. On closer inspection it turned out that, no, it was yet more rubbish – thousands of 5cm lengths of nylon cord. They weren’t tied together; my best guess is some kind of industrial offcut that somebody decided were easiest to dispose of by tipping down the bank beside a layby on a busy road!

It makes an intriguing photo but I’d rather see genuine plants growing up through the soil.