Tuning up for spring at last

The first day of March, we are told, marks the beginning of meteorological spring. I am not sure what other sorts of spring there are but, for me at least, as surely as 1 September is the first day of my autumn, so 1 March marks the end of my winter and ushers in another spring, even if it is snowing.

I like winter and the sport it brings very much indeed, but I have had enough of it by the end of February, especially when February consists of a succession of wild storms with silly names. By the end of a particularly wet and windy second month of 2022, I was readier