i beckenham. i'm joined by a very successfulfarmer. i like to be beckenham.it's a classic urban area. this is a wonderful oasis. you would never think you are in london in a place like this. at the age of 11, i love being on the allotments so much i decided that one day i would own my own farm. it took me 30 years to do that, but being in an allotment where you can grow things, not only grow things but you can eat the things you grew, i believe it's so good for your well— being and it i believe it's so good for your well—being and it gives you a sense of the wonders of the world around you. allotments are very important. how difficult is it to get an allotment these days in urban areas? it's really difficult. you can imagine that with covid, a lot of people will be made unemployed, my father had an allotment to supplement the family income. without that, we would have gone hungry. and i think it's very important that councils, people who own land, start to divide that land up own land, start to divide that land up so people can actually have access to land to