So it’s officially Spring and suddenly every sheep in the dale appears to have given birth and after just a few days the youngsters actually bounce as they play together. The snowdrops are dying and wild garlic is in leaf on the river banks, a sign that we will soon be mass producing pesto for the freezer. Despite the promising signs of the new season, recent light snow covers the tops and there is still a chill in the air. I am ignoring the weather and spending Easter writing #9 in my ‘Yorkshire Dales Mysteries’. I am finishing the last chapters and expect to have completed the first draft in a couple of months. A number of edits will follow and then publication. By then the buttercup meadows will have come, and gone and farmers will be contemplating the first mowing of the summer.
Meanwhile, #5 in the series is available free for download on Kindle until 1st April.