17 april 2010, a glorious, glorious day

Saturday 17th April 2010

The sun just makes everything better – and today is marvellous. Been in buxton. Left my other half working on her photographs and took kids first on some errands (with a match attax album solving so many problems) and then a glorious drive through the peaks to its capital, and then long hours lolling around one of our favourite parks, replete with miniature train, adventure playground, trampolines, decent cafe, endless paths to bike on and lashings and lashings of glorious sunshine. Manchester united pipped city in the last seconds to breath life into a very exciting title race, and – the double whammy – motivate tottenham who are beating chelsea as I write. When I turn on my phone, it reads “head for the sun”, designed to make me feel a little guilty about living in the grey and never forget the wonders brightness brings...