![Open to the Elements](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSaErmA7wMG7GahHcsYdgPLCDbkUb6eH-Eo94uAvKZCPzpfq2aPMC0XGCrC0Tx1K2iK4SRobrRXhE74pw_WauvOHksdLbBlEbNb9sWQ6xP69Q2zpbO70rFAIibvNo8Gi_mi0z/s200/Elements+Garden.jpg)
I've spent the last three days exploring the local area on foot while Lisa reads 'Notes on a Scandal' in bed. Yesterday I made it out of my parents' cul-de-sac and over the pelican crossing to the Boleyn Gardens, where garden designer Bella D'Arcy (a made-up name if ever I heard one) has been instrumental in creating an 'Elements Garden'. I'm quite open to the elements, but I didn't fully understand what it all meant. I sat on the bench in the photo above though and checked my text messages, so I did feel myself becoming one with nature.
![Yours for less than a million.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUMjRzXe-CHyN7iJZ-braHMtUz1atG_LeWC_lENLBCjQqFgaeC735bixAAX_522BRYQh2gabN-aHgZwaokXKD3-ishNJPShRSZBJ2tvat5ZMwnHJevp5alINJ77LCdEVkbXae/s200/BeaulieuPark.jpg)
But when I'm not roaming the northern reaches of Chelmsford, and standing in Sainsburys watching Lisa buy 'Taste the Difference' Belgian Waffles and Pain au Chocolat, I've been busy entering a Radio 4 writing competition. Obviously I don't listen to Radio 4, but fortunately for me, Lorraine, my Scope Job Broker, does. She's supposed to be working tirelessly to find a job vacancy I'm capable of filling, but that's obviously easier said than done, so instead she's started listening to the radio on my behalf, and e-mailing me with competitions.
This one involves writing a 100-word story which features the words Bacon, Bodies, Experiments, Fire, Paper & Organic. Which leaves only 94 to write yourself. First prize is £50 in book tokens (why is it never a top of the range sports car?), and I'm confident of success. Just as long as they don't mind me leaving the 'i' out of 'papier mâché'.
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