What an amazing morning, for the first time this year the skies were blue, the sun was out and the temperature was approaching something you might call 'Spring-like'.

Caution as always though, at this time of year, as it can be deceptive and no one want to be caught in the cold thinking it was going to be warmer. So hoodies and leggings were still de riguer, certainly for me as I cycled down the hill (as fellow meteorologists will concur, it's cooler at the top of the hill than at the bottom).

It was lovely though, that feeling of warm air rushing past my face as a sped down Ralph Allen Drive gradually sinking into the warmer valley air in the centre of Bath.

Sydney Gardens is a beautiful place, much nicer as spring takes hold and the weather warms, we've had some dreary winter days here for sure over the last six months. Today, however, everyone had the same bug, Spring might just be here and we were all going to enjoy it! Joining me (Meyrick) were stalwarts Aaron, Cosmo, Bennath and Nev and there might have even been a spring in our steps as we awaited our instructions from Gill, our guide from the Friends of Sydney Gardens.

This week we learned that one of the pedestrian bridges over the railway was in need of repair, and major repair at that. The authorities would be closing the rail line for a few days in order to do this work (heads up this is the main route from Cardiff to London so not an insignificant impact). Turns out the workmen will need the use of the area where all the sand and woodchip is stored, and so have been clearing it out. In fact they had been on site with diggers to move all the sand up to the play area (doing in one day what normally takes GoodGym several months), but there was much woodchip remaining and we were to help fill barrows of the stuff for relocating to nearby flower beds.

We didn't through all of it, but made a great start and thoroughly enjoyed the coming of Spring.