Today’s title refers to this morning here in Frampton. Clare and I were hosting a walk around the village for some friends of Clare’s wonderful group SP3. We chose a route that would avoid any stiles. Couldn’t believe it when I was taking some of the walkers back to their cars that within an hour of us going past a stile with an opening that we have used for years that some panels had been put up blocking the gap you could walk through and avoid climbing the stile. So I then had to help some people over the said stile! Despite this we had a lovely walk.

I captained my cricket club yesterday in a friendly match (there are many things you have to do in recreational cricket since it restarted including sanitising every six overs!) The whole ethos of friendly cricket is to get everyone involved and my team had many young lads playing. Chuffed to say we won the game and everyone did something including one sixteen year old getting his highest score. Those of you who know my cricketing skills will probably fall off your chairs to know my three overs saw me take two wickets for six runs . I also took three catches! Life in the old dog? I was certainly aching in many parts of my body last night.

Finishing off my busy social few days we visited my son Peter and his wife Nicola on Saturday which was delightful! Of course Red Kites abound there -one of the  many photos I took below!