At the time of writing, the snow is melting away and it will not be long before the ground below has thawed – with the huge jump in temperature from minus 13 and to a good 10 plus degrees celcius, it may not be long before spring is a reality – hopefully lasting .

The work of cleaning the moat is now completed with the ground well and thoroughly frozen. Fortunately for that – because even though it may look dramatic in the Garden with tractor tracks and some sludge on the lawns, most tracks disappear with the melting snow – and subsequently with help from Park & Vej, which will renovate the area around the moat when the weather allows it.