The plot thickens: It's time to get allotment fever

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Leaning out the side window during an untypical August traffic jam, it's the perfect moment to gaze enviously at the ready-to-crop burstiness of the allotments we're slowly passing. Between the brambles along the fence are brief glimpses of the imminent harvest, armfuls of green stems garlanded up beanpoles, the tall tassels of sweetcorn, the not-yet-quite-golden curves of pumpkins.











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