{"id":4730,"date":"2021-09-05T15:20:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T15:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4730"},"modified":"2021-09-05T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T15:20:18","slug":"ball-chasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4730","title":{"rendered":"Ball Chasing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The title doesn’t refer to England<\/strong><\/span> at the cricket although it doesn’t look great as I write – I really thought the Test would go to the wire with all results possible! Sadly it looks like our chances of winning have diminished! No the title today is because I cycled 40 miles today to pick up a cricket ball for our match on Thursday! Fantastic ride but nearly got taken out by a squirrel that kept changing its mind on what direction it wanted to go!<\/p>\n

I start relearning stories tomorrow for a gig the following week. I have found I have been a little rusty although with the gigs I have done through the summer it is coming back!<\/p>\n

Finally we have had regular Charms<\/strong><\/span> of Goldfinches<\/strong> <\/span>in the garden over this last week- I counted a dozen this morning-last week on the monthly Bird Survey we had nearly 40 in one Charm.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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