{"id":5277,"date":"2022-05-15T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T14:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2022-05-15T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T14:41:18","slug":"normality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5277","title":{"rendered":"Normality ??????"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I nearly titled the blog where have you been? We had three days in the <strong>Warwickshire<\/strong> countryside as a short break. Had a lovely time visiting the gallery at <strong>Compton Verney<\/strong>, National Trust properties of <strong>Baddersley Clinton<\/strong> and <strong>Packwood House<\/strong> (picture of the Wisteria on the house below.). We finished up at the idiosyncratic <strong>Sezincote<\/strong> (A picture of the House below) near <strong>Moreton in the Marsh<\/strong> . The gardens were all different and with the good weather we made the most of them. Clare and I then separated she caught a train home while I hurtled across the country for a date at the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Theatre of Dreams<\/strong><\/span> better known as<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> Kenilworth Road<\/span><\/strong> for the Championship Football Play Off Semi-Final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1249.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5278\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1249.jpg?fit=425%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"425,567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1249\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1249.jpg?fit=425%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5278\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1249.jpg?resize=296%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1255.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5279\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1255.jpg?fit=531%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"531,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1255\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1255.jpg?fit=531%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5279\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1255.jpg?resize=387%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The match was tense and a draw was a fair result and the second leg is on Monday night-sadly I won&#8217;t be going because I have a game of cricket on Tuesday with an early start. During the match and subsequently afterwards I got many messages saying a sad old man had popped up on the TV broadcast of the match. so I was besieged with pictures of him! His picture is below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/26d2dee4-088d-40a9-bf12-e8cf81182cbb.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/26d2dee4-088d-40a9-bf12-e8cf81182cbb.jpg?fit=966%2C737&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"966,737\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"26d2dee4-088d-40a9-bf12-e8cf81182cbb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/26d2dee4-088d-40a9-bf12-e8cf81182cbb.jpg?fit=584%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/26d2dee4-088d-40a9-bf12-e8cf81182cbb-300x229.jpg?resize=431%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I nearly titled the blog where have you been? We had three days in the Warwickshire countryside as a short break. Had a lovely time visiting the gallery at Compton Verney, National Trust properties of Baddersley Clinton and Packwood House &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5277\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2D5Gc-1n7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5282,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5277\/revisions\/5282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}