Beautiful afternoon out with family. Walked around Richmond in Swaledale .  Billy Banks Woods by the Swale was pregnant with buds waiting to spring. A wintry sky   was foiled by  the warm day .  The lads were in good humorous fettle . So was my Mum when we visited her .  I write this to the sound of sizzling meatballs. The quiet settled Saunders-Priem family feeling has returned . Any Which Way But Loose is about to be watched and an evening of song writing awaits .  A strong feeling of "the best is yet to come" surrounds me . But the best feeling of all is the love I feel for my family , friends and the whole of humanity .