{"id":4180,"date":"2021-02-15T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2021-02-15T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:37:08","slug":"balaclava-to-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4180","title":{"rendered":"Balaclava to Shorts!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Title refers to my changing attire on the bike. My ride at the end of last week I was wearing balaclava, thermals, winter gloves and I was still cold! Today I was wearing shorts and had to take my jacket off after my first climb! You do meet many walkers out on the lanes which is great to see but occasionally taking evasive action can be difficult when a car is overtaking.<\/p>\n<p>The cricket is disappointing I hope they can put up some sort of fight tomorrow- I won&#8217;t risk getting up early! talking of cricket my club <strong>Slimbridge<\/strong> are holding a raffle at the end of the month to fill in the hole in our finances that Covid \u00a0has made. If anyone wants to supports us please get in touch -there are some great prizes including a story from some Story Teller Bloke (virtual or live)!<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve mentioned a raffle and the luck that goes with that Today&#8217;s Quiz is on <strong>Pot Luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) Which <strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">country<\/span><\/strong> was the first to<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong> build motorways<\/strong><\/span>?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b) Who is the director and producer \u00a0of the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>2004 documentary film <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><em>Fahrenheit 9\/11<\/em><\/span><\/strong> <\/span>c) What is the first name of <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Captain Oates<\/strong> <\/span>who left his tent on <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Captain Scott&#8217;s<\/span> <\/strong>ill fated expedition?\u00a0 d) The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>National Diet<\/strong> <\/span>is the parliament in which country?\u00a0 e) <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Phenol<\/strong> <\/span>is the common name for which acid?<\/p>\n<p>I did say it was <strong>Pot Luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title refers to my changing attire on the bike. My ride at the end of last week I was wearing balaclava, thermals, winter gloves and I was still cold! 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