Blue Skies and Chocolate

Funny thing, songwriting. You find yourself writing songs for Christmas when it's Easter, and summery songs when it's snowing! The last few days I've had a song called 'Blue Skies' going round my head - I have to admit we're rather pleased with it! It's one of a few new 'Mark and Helen' songs that will feature in a long-awaited collection to be published sometime later in the year - "Here Comes Summer". It was written in December, of course! 


I can't say the skies are especially blue around here at the moment - but the scenery is stunning! I've taken a few precious days 'out' to work and walk in the Lake District. I know, it's a long way to come for a walk, but well worth it! Nothing like a battle against the wind and the rain on the hills to clear the cobwebs (and find muscles you didn't know you had, in the fight to stay on the hill). 


Walking and creativity are definitely best of companions. One of the first songs we ever published (remember "There Is A Song For Every Season"?), that was the product of a short walk. Better still, it was a short walk to the sweet shop to buy a bar of chocolate - that was many years ago now - and the whole 'Songs For EVERY...' series was born out of that one song. A bar of chocolate with a calorie-content surpassed only by the creativity it generated  -  that's some chocolate - and that's an occasion I've cited on many occasions since to justify buying another one!