I am writing this in the shade of a tree in charlton park. The sun is beating down, and dispite the wind, it’s quite warm. I was just on a Sunday afternoon stroll and thought I would pop in to the park, where to my surprise and joy I have found a cricket match being played. While it isn’t the team I usually support playing – their season begins in two weeks – this is still wonderful to behold. It seems summer has suddenly been switched on: my worries have suddenly vanished, and it feels like the start of a long, glorious season.