I will never forget my feelings of amazement and awe when I first entered Central Lobby in the Palace of Westminster. And little wonder: it's a dazzling sight, a towering stone hall built in the Gothic renaissance style, its ceiling encrusted with mosaics showing the saints and symbols of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Almost exactly two years! That is what I was thinking, as I looked round the room at the Left Bank last Tuesday.

Late spring and early summer are a glorious time to be in Herefordshire. But with rising temperatures and more sunshine come more tourists -- and renewed public concern about the River Wye.