Restoration work, such as reconstructing salt marshes near the island of Burano and sand dunes at Cavallino, and planting eel grass all over the place, is part of the solution.
The tie against Turkey will take place on the grass courts at Eastbourne between 9-11 July and will be Smith's first tie as captain, following the resignation of John Lloyd after the loss to Lithuania.
He doubled back toward Cambridge on a roundabout and pulled into a lay-by off the highway, a place of oily, littered grass with a kiosk on worn bare ground which sold hot dogs and burgers to lorry drivers.