Yesterday’s football gave me today’s title! I watched the mighty Hatters struggle to beat 10 man Wimbledon the “Wombles”. Still a win is a win! I then dashed back to Stroud to watch Steve Knightly perform. So I missed having to watch the rugby so I think I made the right choice; any Welsh readers of my blog might disagree with that thought!

Lovely Story Telling at Wick Court last Thursday where I told a new story (originally from Serbia). I will do it again either this week or next. I think I can embellish it more next time. Also had a delightful time on Tuesday with the children on the Bird Watching and it was very dramatic watching a Stoat chasing a Rabbit. The Rabbit escaped!

Looking forward to watching Cider with Rosie tonight. Anyone who has known me for a long time will remember I applied for my first teaching job in Stroud on the basis I had enjoyed the book. The rest is history! It was the book that kicked off our wonderful idiosyncratic Book Club (Beer and Books). I know it is a hopelessly romantic idealised book but I have always enjoyed reading it. In my first year in Gloucestershire when I was finding my Gloucestershire feet I invariably found myself in the Slad Valley and would see Laurie Lee at the bar in the Woolpack. At school I worked at the secretary had been to school with him. I did ask her if she knew who Rosie was!

We are off to Lancashire tomorrow, calling in on my cousin, bird watching at Leighton Moss hopefully seeing Bearded Tits and maybe Otters. We are also watching the Hatters play on Tuesday night at Morecambe.