Tuesday afternoon dog walking for Mrs B. Me, after last weeks stink-fest, very wary and keeping an eagle eye on Molly every time she sniffed out something smelly. Each time she looked as if she might roll, I did a loud, fast double-clap which seemed to work as an anti-roiling deterrent. ‘Used to work on my cat.

Marble Hill park looking pretty with delicate, white cow parsley flowers in profusion where the daffodils and bluebells had been.