For about a week now, the cuckoo has been announcing that spring has come here in Bonane. Its distinctive call of “cuck-oo cuck-oo” has been heard by several people but, as usual, this secretive bird is heard rather than seen. For a few days, the cuckoo – apparently just returned to Ireland from its toasty wintering grounds in central and southern Africa – seemed to have got it right. Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday were mainly very pleasant weather days indeed. Plenty of laundry was washed, then dried on the line. Children and adults alike got their first sunburn of the year. Not even I could resist a spot of…