Thunder On The Mountain

Mr Dylan provides us with today’s song title although I nearly went for Springsteen classic. This was we had a thunderstorm this afternoon, when we had our first significant rain in weeks. Most of recent rain forecast has seemed to of missed us and our water butts were empty-not any more! The garden certainly the grass was parched.

Notable visitor to our garden before the storm was a Nuthatch. They are not many in Frampton in fact can’t remember the last time I saw one in the village, we had one in the garden three or four years ago. This one was a juvenile so there must of been nest nearby! My poor picture out of the window below.

Well done on Marcus Rashford shaming our hapless government into a U-turn of free school meals vouchers for the summer. Perhaps he could now get them to support Children’s Centres if they are serious about equality!

I am currently relearning a story that I’ve only told once before because I may be doing Folk Tales again soon.

Yesterday’s Answers on Drink

a) Yeast was used before Baking Powder   b) Battenberg is Domino Cake  c) Somerset Maugham wrote Cakes and Ale  d) Daniel Craig was in the film Layer Cake  e) 1796 was the year cupcake was invented.

Today’s Quiz on Songs on Storm Themes (who sang the following)

a) Riders on the Storm    b) Like a Hurricane  c) Shelter from the Storm   d) The Rain Song  e) Thunder Road

 

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Bill Church is the story traveller, a former Headteacher who has a passion for sharing stories with people from 3 years up to 103 years of age. Bill loves stories; finding them (and the story’s story!), telling them and writing them! He is passionate in believing that everybody can tell stories and is keen to help people whatever their age do this. His blog ranges from his Story telling experiences to his obsessions sport, bird watching and cycling!

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