Pure escapism on Friday we went to see Aardman’s latest offering at Wotton Cinema. A pity we don’t have little ones to take but we thoroughly enjoyed it, with old fashion jokes both visual and daft puns. It was made doubly enjoyable when a young person’s lovely uninhibited chuckles at the front filled the air.

Clare and I went to do our Winter Square on Sunday. This is to record every bird in a random square we are allocated-we were lucky this was fairly close and by the river-I think we will be given a square in the Forest in November. A lovely cold morning with nothing surprising turning up but plenty of activity from small birds. I have my monthly survey for the Frampton Estate on Thursday-hope it is dry!

A busy spell coming up on the Story Telling front so I am busy finding a couple of new stories to tell.

Football was not great on Saturday a dismal draw on a difficult pitch and little football played by both teams. Still top, need to make sure we win tomorrow night.