As the George Harrison continued, "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter".
The last week or two has seen warmer weather in these parts of the country, but what a long old slog it's been to get here. This past winter must have been the longest, darkest, coldest winter I can ever recall. While we might not have had prolonged periods of seriously cold weather or snow and ice conditions in this part of the country this particular, it was consistently cold, dark and depressing.
I now appreciate what it must be like for folk living in the north of Scotland (I hear it was snowing there yesterday) or on the islands or in the Nordic / Scandinavian countries. No wonder they do so much to celebrate the arrival of summer and mid-summers day.
PS - spooky. Since writing this blog, I've visited Wikipedia and seen that George Harrison is today's headline feature.
