Had to choose this title after reading about the Octopus that escaped in New Zealand that sounded like a film scenario! Hope he is enjoying his freedom!

Have had two days enjoyable Story Telling this week. I was particularly pleased on Wednesday with the Slavic Folk Tale “Kingdom under the Sea” which I told for the first time. The audience including the adults seemed to enjoy the story.  It was a lovely school and the children were really responsive.

I also managed to see my football team win a match-Yes!!!! More encouraging today saw the plans for the new ground  in the centre of town. Awesome!

It was sad to read about cricketer James Taylor being forced to retire because of a heart condition at 26. He had just got himself in the Test side to. The memory of those wonderful catches in South Africa with his cheeky celebration run this winter now seems particularly poignant. Good luck to him.