The play Between Severn Tides we performed a couple of weeks is now going on tour well across the River Severn at Newnham -on-Severn. We had a preliminary rehearsal today. It will be different this time not every can perform this time so some of us are playing more than one character and it will be more like a radio play in Under Milk Wood style.
Still buzzing from yesterday’s football. Just ordered my ticket for Friday night. COYH!!!!!!
Phew!!!! Of course I am referring to today’s football result in deepest Bedfordshire where the Mighty Hatters secured their place in the Play Offs. It has been a wonderful season whatever happens now. Of course the money is silly in the Premier League but if we were to get there it would build our new stadium. Atmosphere was fantastic today and the old girl (our current stadium was rocking!) Still now I will just dream! Picture from today!
I went back to an old friend for Story Telling today. I told the Japanese Folk Tale Shippeitaro it is only the second time I have told it since the pandemic hit. A story that grips the audience with the hint of the supernatural.
I am busy at the moment researching British Folk Tales particularly linked to the West Country for new stories to tell. That is for both older and younger audiences!
Saw my first Hobby of the year today high above the Sailing Lake -a great bird to watch. Did well for migrants Little Gull, Common Tern, Whitethroat and a few Swallows. Just need to hear a Cuckoo now! When I was cycling to Wick Court I stopped to watch the Swallows by the canal swing bridge (actually didn’t have a choice). They were checking out underneath the bridge for their nests they do this every year never worrying about the bridge opening and closing!
Pictures below are of a Hobby and a Swallow- they are not my pictures!
Took lovely young people from Streatham bird watching at Wick Court today. Watched the tide come up which is always magical. I did take a video but struggling to put it onto this blog. I am Story Telling for the school tomorrow.
Despite the awful football result yesterday had a lovely day with my family. We had a super walk with my grandson Owen and family. We thoroughly enjoyed the Bluebells ( I always do) they make woodland so special at this time of the year. It was extra special seeing Owen walking and of course playing with a stick! I deliberately don’t put pictures of my grandchildren on my blog but I had to put the one in below!
Had a long bike ride this morning after visiting a friend who has been poorly and saw plenty of wild garlic and of course that distinctive smell hung in the air.
Fingers crossed now for Saturday- I don’t want to see it become an anti-climax!
The less said about today’s football the better! Sadly the injuries have caught up with us and the team look very leggy!
Despite the football had a lovely weekend with my family in Maidenhead and enjoying playing with my delightful grandson Owen.
Proper blog tomorrow with some pictures!