Bringing back some brightness....
Winter in the West of Scotland often feels like wearing a woolly coat that has become soaked in the rain, it's heavy and damp and cold and it weighs you down. Going to work in the dark, spending your day in a city centre building with tinted windows so there is no natural light and leaving work in the dark is certainly not good for your health. So it was with a big smile on my face that I had the first spring walk in the afternoon sun a few days ago. It was late afternoon and the sun was already fading, illuminating the park with a golden light. The trees cast shadows as joggers, cyclists, dog walkers, mums, dads, kids and people like me who were just taking a stroll through on our way home littered the park. It was the first time in what feels like months that the sky has felt far away. The bright blue expanse stretching over the city and lifting the dark and oppressive fog of winter. The trees are budding, the cherry blossom has started to appear and the nights are getting lig