Our picture today is of Monsal Dale, a delightful valley in the Derbyshire Peak District where I walked yesterday. There were plenty of snow drops around but little other proper signs of Spring. In Cononley the first few lambs are now appearing. It is still a mystery how such charming lambs turn so quickly into miserable-looking sheep.

Sunday morning rant: Radio 5 constantly seeks higher and higher levels of inanity. This morning we have been treated to a man who thinks that Dachshunds weigh 1.5 grams (and rejected the idea that they may be 1.5 kilos as being preposterous) and a woman waffling on without purpose about mortgages and being told that the concept of an endowment was too technical. I appreciate that this is supposed to be a relatively light-hearted piece of radio but there seems to be no differentiation between light-hearted and stupid.