I am finding my feet in Burnley Wood at the start of a six month adventure with local people, as a sort of guide and caretaker to Finsley Gate Wharf; where the Exbury Egg will reside as a symbol for the importance of all life, since ‘Everything Comes from the Egg’.

I’ll be living up the road with a view from the back providing a window onto the Wharf itself, beyond the back alley from where much rubbish flung onto the site has been desperately propelled. I wonder if we can come to value the nature of this supposed waste ground, where two resident swans today part build their nest and home on such refuse?