This time of year, I think we all begin to reflect on what we have achieved and look to what might come in the New Year. I haven’t really been one for making resolutions as I have never been able to keep to them. That’s not to say there is no value in making them, just that I am not particularly good with them! The time has gone surprisingly quickly, and we have all had to experience a vastly different way of living. Yet, we have adapted and, in some cases, taken advantage of the opportunities that have either been presented to us or that we have created for ourselves. But there has been loss and sadness in many families, and it must be difficult for those people to see any good in the past few months. But, as Andrew Lloyd Webber said on The Andrew Marr Show, he is an optimist and so am I. The journey toward live events may be slow in 2021, but we need to prepare and plan for that eventuality because it will come, and we will grab it mightily with both hands. I have a busy two weeks ahead and then my usual plan would have been to fly off to Spain for the New Year. But I have got used to being in my house – but haven’t we all – and I am simply going to put my feet up relax. But I shall be raring to go next year! I think we can all see a little glimmer of hope and the next few weeks will hopefully be a turning point. During the Summer months we all regained our love of nature and went walking and saw what we had around us. Since being back teaching I haven’t done that, but I do want to get out again over the Festive period, wrap up warm and go walking a little more and seeing the difference the Winter has brought. Yesterday was a day to simply enjoy two treasures in the film archive – who can fail to be moved at those heartfelt words ‘Daddy, My Daddy’ in the 1970 classic The Railway Children – it still makes me cry! And if that wasn’t enough, I followed that up with another classic from two years earlier – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! My favourite part, if you want to know is the moment they drive off Beachy Head and Chitty gets airborne! So many have said that they have got to know me better over the past few months, well I will keep revealing these little secrets, won’t I?