Chelsea Flower Show It's been a long flight, straight through from Canberra to Sydney to Singapore to London, arriving at 7am. So after checking into the hostel, what do I do? Head straight for the Chelsea Flower Show! OK, not the usual thing for a young backpacker - maybe I'm not as young as I think I am? Or maybe everyone else is just missing out. In fact I'd timed my visit to (just) make it to the flower show. Internationally renowned, it would have seemed a shame to miss it by a few days, given that I rather like gardening - especially when I'm not in the presence of my own miserably drought- and frost-stricken courtyards. Even the weather obliged, providing the only warm sunny day for the next week. Which helped dispel the sense
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