Belated spring post.

I've not posted for a while, so there are lots of things I could talk about: my new double-glazing, new cooker (5th time successful!), progress with my dissertation  or other various projects that are still incubating,

But instead of any of that I am going to talk about...

Frog Sprawn
The frogs actually got busy in my pond a few weeks ago (see photographic evidence) but I talking about it now because it is one of signs of spring and this is a belated spring post.  I love everything to do with spring:  daffodils, trees in blossom, warmer weather, clocks going forward etc etc.

If you consider seasons to be archetypes, then spring symbolises the world waking up again after its long winter sleepover.   Yes, this may sound hackneyed but it is still true (or true for me anyway).

Visit to a unique island

The island that won the George Cross for the bravery of its whole population, where the people speak the only semitic language in the EU.

It contains the world's oldest free standing structures, a thousand years older than the pyramids.

St Paul was shipwrecked here.

The iron men of Crosby Beach

On a short visit to Liverpool last week. We stayed at the iconic Adelphi Hotel and explored the city, port and museums and galleries including the Lady Lever Gallery at Port Sunlight.

One day we went for a walk among the Iron men of Crosby Beach.