Fergus Finlay: When giving to the less fortunate, we often receive as much in return

It’s Easter time. Daffodils are emerging, temperatures are rising. We need to celebrate a bit

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There’s a hint, just a hint, of spring in the air. I don’t know about you but over the past weekend I’ve eaten my body weight in chocolate. And I’ve immersed myself in viciously cold water — not just once, but every day.

A few years ago I bought a pool. It’s 12 feet in diameter and just over three feet deep and it stands in what is otherwise a tiny back garden that my talented wife has filled with shrubbery. The pool came with a pump and filters and all sorts to keep the water clean. It took about two days to fill with a garden hose, and it keeps topped up by rain. Up to the start of this past winter I immersed myself in it every day.