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Not ‘dark forebodings’ but the Spring often brings some mixed feelings and times of change for Chris Leigh.
Beware the Ides of March,” the soothsayer warns the Roman Emperor in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In the Roman calendar the ‘Ides’ was actually the middle of the month but I find that the whole of March and most particularly the end of the month has particular significance for me. March 26 2025 will be the 19th anniversary of my late wife, Diane’s passing. A staunch supporter of my hobby and my job, her response to any accusation of ‘grown men playing with trains’ was that my hobby/job had kept a roof over her head and that of our family, for 30 years.