{"id":3075,"date":"2020-04-12T20:13:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3075"},"modified":"2020-04-12T20:13:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:13:47","slug":"the-promised-bluebells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3075","title":{"rendered":"The Promised Bluebells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did promise a picture of Bluebells a couple of days ago so\u00a0\u00a0here\u00a0 below is one I took a couple of years ago.\u00a0 On my daily exercise ride today I saw plenty of Bluebells and they were beginning to carpet \u00a0the woodland floor. \u00a0It does make the heart sing! For those of you unable to get out enjoy the picture and think of those walks next year!<\/p>\n<p>Apologies for yesterday&#8217;s quiz I was tired and lacking inspiration! No quiz today but yesterday&#8217;s answers below.<\/p>\n<p>a)\u00a0 Napoleon of course came back from <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elba\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b)\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><strong>Henry 11\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>married Eleanor of Aquitaine\u00a0\u00a0their sons were King Richard 1st and King John\u00a0\u00a0 c)\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Steve Davis<\/span> <\/strong>lost to Dennis Taylor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d) Joe Simpson&#8217;s story was called <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Touching the Void<\/strong> <\/span>(a remarkable story)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=3074\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 450D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1241368757&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0450\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3074\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=584%2C389&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0450-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did promise a picture of Bluebells a couple of days ago so\u00a0\u00a0here\u00a0 below is one I took a couple of years ago.\u00a0 On my daily exercise ride today I saw plenty of Bluebells and they were beginning to carpet &hellip; 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