{"id":5710,"date":"2022-12-18T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2022-12-18T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T18:52:12","slug":"a-strange-sort-of-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5710","title":{"rendered":"A Strange Sort of Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent Saturday helping my at my youngest son&#8217;s house getting a Christmas Tree, put it up and put up their outdoor lights! (picture below). <strong>Pete<\/strong> has damaged his shoulder and <strong>Nicola<\/strong> is pregnant so they needed me! Good to be useful still! <strong>Clare<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t feeling too well so I was solo! I also spent the rest of the day playing with my grandson <strong>Owen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the cricket this morning because My team&#8217;s game was off this morning (thank goodness!) I even watched the World Cup Final this afternoon which was surprisingly compelling!<\/p>\n<p>My final gig of the year is for young people at Tuffley Library on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/5ecab593-07c0-4003-adf3-39bc243ac740.jpg?ssl=1\">\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=\"5711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5711\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/5ecab593-07c0-4003-adf3-39bc243ac740.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5ecab593-07c0-4003-adf3-39bc243ac740\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/5ecab593-07c0-4003-adf3-39bc243ac740.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/5ecab593-07c0-4003-adf3-39bc243ac740.jpg?resize=296%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent Saturday helping my at my youngest son&#8217;s house getting a Christmas Tree, put it up and put up their outdoor lights! (picture below). Pete has damaged his shoulder and Nicola is pregnant so they needed me! 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