It must be understood that while the nelumbiums are hardy, they are so only as long as the tubers are out of the reach of frost.

Haines has previous experience of dealing with a hugely disruptive crisis. He said: "I left the railway in 2008 and went to the Civil Aviation Authority. And within a few months I was in the middle of an Icelandic volcanic storm. Eyafjallajokull closed airspace across northern Europe.

This City is govern'd by a Syndick and Twenty Five Senators, who meet every Day to conſult about the Affairs of the Commonwealth, and to decide all Cauſes, whether Criminal or Civil.

Far better to send one of the girls out for a pizza and some tinnies, and then give her undivided attention when she returns.