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Fern Howard, from Crohn’s & Colitis UK said she was pleased to hear that access to toilets would be improved but echoed Ms Sailsbury's concern that waiting 20 minutes was "often not possible".

Stephen Fern, 200 Degrees managing director, added: "We are thrilled that the strong market position and growth potential of 200 Degrees has been recognised within the sector, and we are excited to see where our brand can go now that we have become part of The Nero Group family."

The plants have even made their way onto her arms - tattoos of a cheese-plant leaf, a fern, wisteria and a daffodil - covering self-harm scars, traces of her painful journey.

While you can walk straight up to the site via a flight of stairs from the small parking lot adjacent to Merry Go Round Lot 2, you can also reach it from above by hiking the easy 1.5 mile loop that diverges from the Fern Canyon Trailhead near Merry Go Round Lot 1.

A place for audiences to sit back and laugh in between music isn’t exactly a new thing for Reading & Leeds – its comedy stage had big names like Joel Dommett, Russell Kane and Fern Brady on the bill last year.