{"id":4324,"date":"2021-04-06T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2021-04-06T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:25:52","slug":"old-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4324","title":{"rendered":"Old Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s title refers to stories.<\/em> <\/strong>Over the years I have written many stories and quite a few of these just disappear into the mists of time. However, occasionally I find them again for a whole host of reasons and enjoy being reacquainted with them. Today I found a story I wrote when I first retired from teaching which itself was a reworking of a story I wrote when my boys were at Primary School. The theme was magic<\/strong><\/span> long before a certain wizard<\/strong> with a scar on his forehead appeared. I think that was the reason why I eventually left it was because I thought the world might have had enough of wizards!<\/strong> Well having looked at it I have decided to do some tidying up of the story over the coming weeks. It does have environmental and co-operation themes running through it.<\/p>\n

I also enjoy coming across stories that I have learnt \u00a0told over the years and put to one side. One was a Norse Folk Tale<\/strong> I frequently I told and have neglected in the last two years. I retold it on my recent school visit.<\/p>\n

I had an unsuccessful look for Spring Migrants early this morning but the River Severn<\/strong> <\/span>at low tide looked beautiful. The first picture below is looking down the River to Sharpness<\/strong> and the second one is looking across to South of Frampton<\/strong> you can just make out the spire of Slimbridge Church<\/strong> and you can see the edge of Dursley<\/strong> on the hill in the distance. (the quality of the picture loses something as I insert it into the blog so on the original the church is much clearer than in this reproduction!)<\/p>\n

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Disappointed by the performance of my football team yesterday. I do want them to finish the season well. Who knows if I will be able to go in person next season? I have tickets for \u00a0cricket this summer but not sure if that will happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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