You may recall the mindless destruction of Retford's wonderful Railway Garden by the vegetation control vandals towards the end of the summer.
Good news! It is not just the economy that is allegedly showing the Green Shoots of Recovery.
As can be seen from this picture, taken this morning on a balmy Guy Fawkes' Day, the Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) is fighting back at Retford and is already over a foot high and going strong.
Forget the demise of British Summer Time, for Spring has sprung early on the ECML!