I think, if we whisper it quietly so as not to scare it off, we might have stumbled across spring this weekend.

The sun felt lukewarm and the evening stretched itself to stay light until nearly six. The dark of winter is passing even if the weather comes back in patches to shock us.

And with just a couple of days left until this Olympic challenge commences I’m feeling confident. The new season’s arrival has put a spring in my step too, that and the really great response I’ve had from people who have heard about this blog. I feel excited going into this first week and a touch nervous too as 32 words is nowhere near enough to do some of the cracking places justice but I hope I can give a flavor of the place to entice people to find out more.

Hopefully by the time spring is turning into summer we will have it all worked out and actually be enjoying some of the places too.