Apologies there has been no blog since the middle of Sunday. It has been a busy first part of the week. Thoroughly enjoyed the final talk at the History Festival on Tutankhamun really interesting as knowledge has developed since Carter’s discovery a hundred years ago.

Monday I went to watch the Mighty Hatters win again against Middlesborough who for quite a chunk of the game looked the better side. Team spirit and resilience saw us home.

I was supposed to be playing cricket on Tuesday (was supposed to be our first league match) – the persistent rain of previous days saw it cancelled. So we shot down to help look after our granddaughter Ellen who has been unwell.

Today I took the young people at Wick Court bird watching but birds were thin on the ground! Tomorrow morning I am out on the monthly bird survey here in Frampton.