Voynich: A year on and May is once more warm after a long, long lonely Winter

Except this year we are having some of the hottest days on record for this month - today was a bit cooler at 28 C - fine cycling through forest with its soothing bird-song. Stayed late to listen to colleague Rene Zandgergen (we go way back) give a fine talk on the Voynich manuscipt - he's one of the leading authorities on this fascinating tome. The language has defied all attempts to crack it, even in the computer age - though the latter showed it had the same statistical characteristics as real languages, and so is no simple hoax. Also, the vellum would have cost a small farm in those days... Then there were nice refreshments and Rene answered questions etc. and it was then off to the forest with me, fortified by wine, as the midnight sun is essentially here now.