A spring of hope

Cosmo Hamilton

By Cosmo Hamilton

As seasons go in continents such as North America and Europe winters are cold and austere. Days are short and the nights are long; winds are icy and snow is a regular event. And so one longs for the upcoming spring which one likes to think is usually green and full of promise. But spring, a season which runs roughly from March 20 until June 21 which ushers in summer, is usually wet and quite damp particularly early in the season.

In England this year it is no different; in fact it has been an exceptionally wet spring so far and so it does not promise to be a particularly warm and welcoming visit for the