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Geoff Hodge Web Editor Peterborough

I've been a horticultural journalist for 19 years, a gardener for longer than I want to think about and a veg grower for 25 years.

  • Date Joined: 21 Nov 2006

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I've arrived

Posted by Geoff Hodge on 17 May 2008 at 05:00 PM

The excitement is mounting. I'm in the Press Tent on the showground, just checking that my computer works and I have everything set up to start producing the live coverage of the show.

And it's all go here at the moment. The show is taking shape nicely and there are some cracking gardens. Despite the rain over the past few days, most of the gardens look well advanced and, unlike this time last year, there doesn't seem to be an overall air of panic. Last year the weather leading up to the show was horrendous and many of the gardens looked like they would never be finished! But it takes more than several inches of rain to put off the hardy show exhibitors and, of course, everyone finished their displays in time for judging.

So, I'm heading back to my hotel now to get a good night's sleep ready for the onslaught tomorrow.

You can view live coverge of the show from our two webcams

Comments

helen said:

hi geoff. this is helen from a not so sunny south africa.just wanted to know if you know if there's a hassell with the chelsea home page live coverage webcams? i've been trying to get on for days with no luck, but then i am technologically challenged!! it says there is live coverage of the biuld up-my best bit!! dyin' to know what's going on

on 17 May 2008 at 10:42 PM

Geoff Hodge said:

Helen, I've just checked and all is working well with the webcams. You will need a flash player to view them, but you should get a message asking you to install this if it's noton your computer already. Good luck!

on 18 May 2008 at 05:26 PM