I listed a few things that came into my head yesterday as reasons to be cheerful and I missed an obvious one.

• Marcus Rashford -those of you who know me will know Manchester United footballers don’t come high in my thoughts! However, this remarkable young man has been absolutely brilliant over the last few months and is wise beyond his years. Well done Marcus!

Yesterday’s answers on January

a) Rio de Janerio means January River in English   b) Scott reached the South Pole in 1912   c) Janus is the Roman God  d) 6th January is the date of Epiphany (also a significant date in the Church household!)   e) Garnet is the January birthstone

As I mentioned Scott some Polar exploration questions for today!

a) How many of the 28 members of Earnest Shackleton’s 1915 expedition survived?  b) Roald Amundsen was the first to the South Pole what other polar exploration  was he the first to achieve ?  c) Name the companions of Scott who reached the South Pole?