Today’s weather update-we looked at the forecast and it looked a dry day. So we cycled to Stroud to visit the wonderful cheese stall (still open). Just imagine the language when a hail storm hit us on the way back! Thank goodness it only lasted ten minutes!

No new migrants sighted here but yesterday we had a resplendent Greenfinch in our back garden (I haven’t seen one in the garden for a while). The Great Spotted Woodpecker has also been around the garden quite a bit so I am hopeful there is a nest nearby.

As I mentioned the weather all the decent weather we had in April would of been great for cricket. Picture below is of some old bloke who should have a straighter  bat! Unlikely if I will be playing any cricket this year!

Yesterday’s Disguise Quiz answers

a) The Greek hero who was dressed as a woman was of course Achilles his mother knew the prophesy of his demise. If anyone wants a good read “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller I would recommend highly    b) Toad from Wind in the Willows dressed up as a washer woman.  c) Sir Percy Blakeney was the Scarlet Pimpernel (novel by Baroness Orczy)   d) Sydney Carton took the place of Charles Darnley in tale of Two Cities  e) Clark Kent is Superman

Today’s Quiz (weather is today’s theme)

a) What does anemometer measure?     b) A Chinook is a wind that is particularly associated with which Mountain Range?  c) Who was the Norse God of Thunder?  d) Dorothy in the wizard of Oz was taken to Oz by a tornado from her home, where was her home?  e) What is the driest desert in the world?