{"id":2695,"date":"2019-07-19T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T13:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2019-07-19T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T13:35:07","slug":"the-whole-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2695","title":{"rendered":"The Whole of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought the\u00a0 Waterboys song might be appropriate as we almost are spot on for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. I do remember watching on our black and white TV-always seemed to snow on TV in those days! Watching the programmes this week you realised the mood of optimism that was everywhere at the end of the 60s, a real contrast with today&#8217;s moods around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>I managed to cycle to Cheltenham on\u00a0Tuesday for the cricket festival-the cricket was a real contrast to Sunday&#8217;s marvellous game-this was old fashioned county cricket!<\/p>\n<p>Had a delightful bird survey on Thursday morning highlights included a Peregrine, 34 Avocets on the river, and a Yellow Wagtail going back and forth from a nest.<\/p>\n<p>Last night saw this Little Owl close to the church. Lovely birds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=2696\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?fit=4000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563436777&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;108&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1000661\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?w=4000&amp;ssl=1 4000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1000661.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought the\u00a0 Waterboys song might be appropriate as we almost are spot on for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. 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