April has long been one of my favourite months. It is the month of my birth and when nature is reborn in a spectacular display of spring flowers and cherry blossom. The nights are longer and there is a promise of warmer days ahead.
And wasn't this April fantastic - a raft of bank holidays, superb weather (officially the warmest April on record!), oh, and that wedding! Whatever your thoughts about the Royal wedding you have to agree that, when it comes to pomp and pageantry, we Brits do put on a great show.
So now we are in May and it's back to business as usual for most of us. Whatever challenges face you in the coming weeks and months I hope, like me, you are tackling them with renewed vigor!