Last night was windy and, this morning, we saw that both of the cold frames at the canal end of the garden had disappeared. They are the type with thin, hollow metal poles and plastic connectors and the covers were starting to wear but they have weathered stormy weather before.

One turned out to have just gone a few feet away and was sitting, right side up, in the canal. We could reach it from the wall and the end of the garden and it doesn’t seem any the worse for wear although we’ve now got the frame anchored down with a lot of bricks as well as a few pegs.

The other? That’s anybody’s guess. I wandered quite a way up and down the canal side, out of sight of our house in both directions, but there was no sign of it. Either it got lifted up and deposited further afield (or over a fence or wall but not in the water) or somebody else spotted it and retrieved it. The latter, at least, would be better than having it adding to the rubbish in the area.

Will we replace it? Possibly but probably with an upgrade to a stronger and more anchored design.