Now I know spring has truly arrived. Why? Because I've got my tickets for Beaulieu boat jumble, the annual junkfest held in the grounds of Lord Montagu's little pad in the New Forest which attracts boaters and yachties from all over the country - and even further afield – eager to replenish their supplies of unnecessary bits of boating memorabilia.

It's a foul job – but someone (including the wife) has to do it

Solving the mystery of those floating coconuts