Your thoughts on Spring..!!

The spring season gets its name from the verb 'spring', referring to the flowers and plants springing up after the long winter months. Originally, spring was first called "lent" in the old England language, and was then changed to "springing time" in the 14th century.

Although I love each and every season in Britain, Spring is special in that life starts anew in the countryside.

What are your thoughts?

March in Britain

Heritage attractions – many heritage attractions that have closed for winter open their doors again in March.

1 March is St David’s Day. St David is the patron saint of Wales. Britain’s smallest city, St Davids, is named after him.

Crufts – Crufts is the world’s most famous, if not the largest, dog show, normally held in Birmingham in early March and organised by the Kennel Club. It was founded by Charles Cruft (1852-1938), who was general manager of dog food manufacturer, Spratt’s. The first Crufts was held in 1891. Crufts’ website

5 March – Cornwall (St Piran’s) Day, celebrating the county whose county town is Truro.

Shrove Tuesday (Pankcake Day) – falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so it is a moveable feast (pun intended). The date will be between early February and early March.

17 March – St Patrick’s Day – a Bank Holiday in Northern Ireland. Although St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, his day is often loudly celebrated in parts of Britain too. It is mostly associated with drinking too much; some places even have parades.

20 March – Durham (St Cuthbert’s) Day, celebrating the county and the city named after it.

British Summer Time (BST) – the clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, making the evenings lighter for longer. The clocks go back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) at 2am on the last Sunday in October. Remember which way the clocks go, albeit by borrowing from the US – “Spring forward, Fall back.”

1 April is April Fool’s Day. Watch out for spoof articles in the news media, or workplace. April Fool’s Day possibly dates from the time when 25 March was New Year’s Day and 1 April, a week later, marked the end (or height) of festivities and fun (fooling). Another theory is that when the Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in October 1582, New Year’s Day changed to 1 January and those who didn’t hear the news, or forgot, were called fools. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by Britain until 1752.

5 April is the end of the tax year. This bizarre date is another hang over from the change to the Gregorian calendar, which Britain did not adopt until 1752, by which time it was 11 days out of synch with everyone else. The old tax year ended on 25 March (old New Year’s Day) so to ensure full 365 days revenue, the British Treasury decided the tax year would end on 5 April.

Cricket, match, Barrington CourtStart of the cricket season. Cricket, the quintessentially English game, is played all over the UK as well as in top-flight (first-class) cricket nations like Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Pakistan and the West Indies. Cricket is a summer sport, played at local, county and international level in the UK, where the season starts around early-mid April and continues until September. The ECB (English Cricket Board) gives details of county matches in England and Wales. Cricket Scotland is the governing body for Scottish cricket.

16 April – Orkney Day (the feast day of St Magnus).

23 April is St George’s Day. St George is the patron saint of England – here’s a bit about him, and his day – For England and St George!

23 April is also Shakespeare’s Day, though few mark the occasion except the more commercially-minded in his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon – who celebrate all week. William Shakespeare was baptized on 26 April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616. His birth date is unknown, though some believe it was 23 April.

25 April – Huntingdonshire Day, celebrating the historic county named for its county town.

Some good stuff Admin, well done
I love Spring, hopefully the end of the really cold weather and it going dark at tea time.
Conversely although the light nights let us get out and do stuff, I don’t like it at the height of midsummer when it’s still light at 11 o’clock and your wanting to go to sleep.