{"id":1595,"date":"2016-08-01T16:12:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:12:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T16:12:34","slug":"take-the-long-way-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1595","title":{"rendered":"Take the Long Way Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was searching for a song title that would encapsulate a variety of sports because that sums up my coming week.\u00a0I nearly put <em><strong>&#8220;Sporting paradise<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; as my title. I\u00a0am at the Test Match on Wednesday and getting excited and keeping my fingers crossed for good weather. I was also supposed to be playing cricket in Wales tomorrow but that has already fallen foul of the weather. I\u00a0\u00a0could be playing in Devon on Thursday and on Saturday I am watching the mighty Hatters at Plymouth. I may need a rest somewhere!<\/p>\n<p>I have\u00a0managed to do some writing\u00a0over the last few days, updating\u00a0my Harriet\u00a0the Hippo story and finishing off my\u00a0Mollie the Sheep story which I may tell on our London Tour in September. Finally to honour my sporting week and having started to master inserts for this blog the photo below is\u00a0from my cricket club&#8217;s 150th celebration when we attempted to dress in Victorian cricketing attire. The really whiskered one is the author! Watch our for action shots from Gigs in the future!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-IMG_1008.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1597\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-IMG_1008.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1-IMG_1008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-IMG_1008.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1597\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1-IMG_1008.jpg?resize=284%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1-IMG_1008\" width=\"284\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was searching for a song title that would encapsulate a variety of sports because that sums up my coming week.\u00a0I nearly put &#8220;Sporting paradise&#8221; as my title. 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