You may have noticed my blogs have been fairly scarce recently. I have been doing odd jobs, story telling, watching football and doing a bird survey.

Leaf clearing has been a major job- it is great for the environment we have so many trees in our garden and nearby. I have to do it in spells otherwise I risk getting backache!

Yesterday before the torrential rain we managed to get our monthly bird survey out by the Severn. A quiet morning on the bird front- still a few avocets on the river with the curlews, several species of duck, different gulls and six herons. One highlight was 60 snipe and 3 jack snipes!

Sport yesterday was  depressing! The cricket has been a real disappointment- as has my football team – who once again forgot how to defend!

I was story telling at a care home yesterday for last gig of the year. I interspersed my stories with corny Christmas Cracker jokes! They still want me back after that!