Well done to them. 'An Army officer who restored a walled garden in the home of a former top-secret World War Two listening post has won two government conservation awards. Capt Vicki Gosling's team cleared the "wilderness" area at Chicksands Priory in Bedfordshire, which is now home to Defence Intelligence. They uncovered memorial plaques to members of the Y service, operators of secret radio-listening stations. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it was "like finding a secret garden". Capt Gosling was awarded the Silver Otter Award and the Social Value, Community and Heritage award at the annual Defence Sanctuary Awards, which recognise outstanding conservation and sustainability effort across the MoD estate. She said the team was "extremely proud and thrilled" and it was a "fantastic testimony" to their commitment. Staff at Chicksands Priory intercepted and logged coded enemy transmissions during World War Two, which were sent directly to code-breakers at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire. Capt Gosling designed a plan and led a team of volunteers to rescue the walled garden at the site, which had become a wilderness due to years of neglect, but can now be used by the military and local community.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56442771
