January, nobody loves you.
January, February won't you come around? So sang Barbara Dickson. Well here they are. Poor old January - no-one seems to have a kind word to say about it. But I can't see why. I much prefer it to November time when the clocks have gone back and there's several months of darkness ahead. So let's hear it for January! Here are some reasons to cut it some slack. 1) The nights are drawing out every day!. Sunsets are already well past 4pm now and the mornings are growing lighter now too. Spring is only weeks away, and even this early one can spot the signs, early bulbs sprouting and such like. 2) No matter how much we all love Christmas, let's face it there's a certain relief when the decorations come down and we don't have to worry about it for another 10 months or so. No pressure about presents, how we are going to spend it etc, just nice comforting normality. 3) The X Factor has finished! 4) If you don't have children this is actually a fantasti...