Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Spring is Sprung

Today is that pivotal moment in the year when you know that winter is now behind us and summer is on its way. All sorts of things came together today to make this happen.

Firstly the weather, the sun has been out all day and there has been real warmth, the thermometer topped 11 deg Centigrade at lunchtime. The wind has turned from the cold northwest to a mild southwesterly. No longer do you need to dress in about 100 layers to venture outside. Better still it is forecast to be well into double figures over the weekend.

Secondly on our drive to York there were sign of a reawakening all along the road. In places there were a profusion of snowdrops, and in one location a whole line of daffodils waving in the wind. The trees had the starting of buds, and everything just looked glorious. The light showed the countryside at its best.

Thirdly whether it was because of all of this or just coincidence Marion and I have felt so much better. We went to the gym this morning, and although we have lost some fitness over the last three weeks it was just a pleasure to be back on the machines and weights. We then went for a leisurely lunch, and highlight of the day, Marion forced me to buy a new dressing gown. Best still I feel a little stiff from the exercise but I do not have that overwhelming lethargy.


Now there will be cold days again this spring, there will be days when everything will not go right, but we will look back on Wednesday 4 March as a day that a Rubicon was crossed.

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