Last night's programme showed her coming back to her Lancashire roots.
It showed the house where she grew up in Riston, and where her Mum and Dad still live. She took over all the gardens in the street of her terraced home as a small girl, before she got her first allotment by the age of eleven. By thirteen she was secretary of the Rishton Garden and Allotments Association, organising the bi-annual shows.
She also returned to the Trough of Bowland, a place she used to search for plants. It must be one of the most beautiful places on earth, and thankfully remains an unknown secret to most of the country as they whiz by on the M6, on their way to the overcrowded Lake District.
