"January - sick and tired, you've been hanging on me"

I scrounged a lift to the train station and back with my neighbour last week, (which worked out really well, as the lines were all down at Finsbury Park on the way back, so I had someone to chat to as we stood for what seemed like hours at Kings Cross waiting for a sight of a train, and then more hours stood up in the gang way on the train all the way back home).

Anyhow, he described how he really didn't like this time of year, and how people all seemed to be feeling a bit flat after all the Christmas and New Year festivities.

I totally disagreed with him, whilst January wouldn't go down as my favourite month (that's May), I do like it more than November and December when the whole world seems that bit darker and grey.

I have been watching and counting, (and yes I'm sad I know), but yesterday I observed that it didn't get dark until 4.36 which means although its still a way off spring is coming. By my calculation only 75 days until the clocks go forward!

Belinda