If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome

Quote by Anne Bradstreet, an American Poet. Blinkin heck it's cold, about 3 degrees today. Got in at 3am last night... (I know!) Up at eight with dogs, and getting on with stuff. We all went to meet some friends and their children and dog for a walk in the woods at lunchtime. Lovely day again, sunny and cold but not bitter, watched the gulls landing on the iced over lake perfectly, no skidding or slipping at all! Went back for late lunch with them and then spent a quiet evening back at home, last night catching up with us finally....