Tom, For a change, the gate was already open.
I’m not expecting to keep the crown forever but to prolong my reign, I’ve been down there this morning and raised the waterbars a few inches along with the scattering of few bags of assorted nails for good measure.
You lucky sod, last time I waited a good 5 minutes for the guys to get the gate for me, set off and still got to the gate while they were faffing about trying to open it, I yelled, ‘STRAVA-SOUL!’ as I went past 😈