The day got off to a good start and just kept going! The Bahai stall in the centre of Darlington went very well and I had a nice conversation with a man who   said that until the UK becomes more spiritual we will not become a better country. I totally agreed with that.

After the stall, Fiona, me  and Clifford had a nice stroll down and around the banks of the River Wear into Durham city and I was amazed at how green everything has suddenly become and becoming. All of the plants are starting to go into spring overdrive and greening into the landscape giving it a much welcome bit of colour after what feels like a long winter. Very nice!

Biscuit break in Durham Cathedral Cloisters was a good laugh as usual but we changed where we sat which is a big thing for us Saunders-Priem's because we usually do the same thing every time. We decided to sit on the sunny side of the Cloisters facing into the sun and it was really nice and could be our permanent biscuit break place from now on.

Stepping back to Shincliffe Village where we started from under a very deep blue sky with high wispy cirrus clouds which I found hard to identify, and the usual trying to get somewhere but we can't quite yet because it is not warm enough cumulus clouds , were beautiful. I find I cannot lose on the walks these days if there are no birds, get into the plants, if the plants are not interesting get into the clouds and the rocks are always there to catch my interest or if I feel bad about something they don't mind being kicked!

Miles stayed in again today to crack on with his Maths and he is filling in application forms to do his Masters at various universities, Durham and Leeds are the first ones he is going for. He has always been a talented lad and I put that down to good family environment and his genes, mostly his genes but the hard work he has to put a lot of effort into and I feel really proud of that because that is his bit, he just gets the encouragement from us and he does the rest. Good man.

And on the subject of good men of which which I know several in this area as well as globally, my friend from the skate park Daniel Green has also been working his head off completing his Games Programming degree at Teesside University and I like the fact that he puts up little snippets of the stuff that he does which I find mostly incomprehensible .I  get inspired by Daniel and other youngies who really go for it and low and behold they start to succeed. I am a go for it sort of person myself and have been for the last 25 years. If there is a go for it musician out their young or old please get in touch!

Well, when we got back home we crashed and we cuddled and Leonard Cohen inspired us to fall asleep in each other's arms but I am now wide-awake and getting the tea together for the hungry hordes. It seems the better I cook this stuff the hungrier they get. Good! With the forthcoming food we will be watching two episodes of the "Young Ones" and it is really funny comedy much funnier than I found it back in the 80s where I did not find it funny at all because I did not understand it. For me understanding is the basis of everything and I put a lot of time and effort into this. It also makes life more fun. How many funs can I get into this paragraph?! "Paul stop going on you idiot!"

A beautiful day, I am ironing out some of the weaknesses in my singing voice and feeling pretty good about life and where it may go. Anyway, I know where it is going for the next few days and I thank God for my family and my friends.