Well not quite with our travels I’ve been out of the saddle for a while so a bit of a shock to the system to get back on the bike today! A real windy day so it has been hard work especially climbing Frocester Hill into the wind!

We enjoyed our week in Turkey and visited some beautiful mosques and wonderful historic places that I have mentioned previously. Turkey itself appears to be at something of a crossroads following last week’s election. To me it is disappointing that the strengths of a secular  republic founded by Kemal Ataturk seemed to be being dismantled by the current president who is pursuing a policy of divide and rule.

I now need to work on learning stories for my November Gigs and start thinking of the Christmas ones.