Naming a blog post after a whole season might seem overly broad, but this year’s springtime was particularly hectic. During this period of nonstop travels and hangouts with friends, I barely had time to take a photo, never mind a moment to take stock and reflect on everything I’d been up to. Nevertheless, is my attempt to summarise a few crazy months.

Spring really began with my birthday, which I celebrated over in the UK. I had a few days in London with Rhea before heading off for my first visit to Thorpe Park where I bagged some new coaster credits alongside Danni and Abi. I also had my first ever Nando’s at 29, which feels odd to say as a Brit.

Once I was back in Madrid I was joined by my parents, who arrived just in time to celebrate San Isidro and also just in time to have to deal with me being full of a cold. Ever defiant of the mucus, I took some painkillers and we managed to head down to the live band near my house for a boogie a couple of times, which was a lot of fun.

Just a few days later and I was back in the UK, this time back up north to spend some time with the family. I then flew back to Spain just to fly back out to England a month later, this time back down to Thorpe Park, where I celebrated Danni’s birthday with her by re-riding all of our favourite attractions.

In between all this I relaxed around Madrid, where the warm spring weather prompted me to begin frequenting the city’s many parks and green areas, where most of the photos here were taken. Living here, you’ve to do all this before summer arrives, because the heat means you either stay inside or leave the city altogether…