Zeltus

Today is St. Hilary’s Day. A long, long time ago he was a Bishop of Poitiers, not far up the road from here and he wrote some theological works considered to be quite important by those who care about such things.

Some posh Universities and Colleges name one of their teaching sessions Hilary Term, almost certainly because the start of the session is more or less somewhere around St. Hilary’s Day. You probably have to be posh and privileged for this to matter to you.

More interestingly, today is supposed to be the coldest day of the year.

On a down to earth level, this is patently untrue for this year but if it at least marks the turning of the tide and from here on in Spring beckons, then that’s fine by me. It’s the first day this year I’ve been able to get out of the house and potter about in the workshop and garden a bit.

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