{"id":6393,"date":"2023-11-28T12:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:56:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:56:01","slug":"castle-raptors-and-footie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6393","title":{"rendered":"Castle, Raptors and Footie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was written on Monday but i forgot to post it-might be another blog later!<\/p>\n<p>A super weekend! Apologies for no blog but I was otherwise occupied!!!<\/p>\n<p>I was a <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Happy Hatter<\/strong><\/span> on Saturday after watching the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Town<\/strong><\/span> win their first home win of the season. It was a hard fought game and the 13 minutes of added time was nerve wracking especially as <strong>Crystal Palace<\/strong> had brought on a &#8220;giant&#8221; ( a very tall player) near the end! We have many difficult fixtures coming up in December!<\/p>\n<p>I had a wonderful day yesterday. We had a delightful time with my two grandsons and their parents. <strong>Owen<\/strong> who will be three next week and he sees me as a playmate so I am always on the go! The body aches afterwards!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0961.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6395\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0961.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701016484&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0961\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0961.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6395\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0961.jpg?resize=418%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The picture above is the first picture I have from yesterday&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Two Severn Bores<\/strong><\/span> gig at <strong>Berkeley Castle.<\/strong> I have been promised some more so watch this space! It was one of the most atmospheric venues I have performed at (<strong>Dan<\/strong> said the same!) We were pleased with our performance; we were doing our <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Destiny or Fate<\/strong> <\/span>show and we are now looking for more venues to perform this show.<\/p>\n<p>Finally I went looking for a <strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Starling Murmuration<\/span> <\/strong>tonight not many birds! However I saw a<strong> Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel,<\/strong> <strong>Fieldfares<\/strong> and a <strong>Kingfisher.<\/strong> The picture of a <strong>Marsh Harrier<\/strong> below is from one of my birding pals- I have put it in the blog before!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4836d88f-384c-4ac6-930e-cd0f829c7b38-1.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5953\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5953\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4836d88f-384c-4ac6-930e-cd0f829c7b38-1.jpg?fit=871%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"871,581\" 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=\"4836d88f-384c-4ac6-930e-cd0f829c7b38 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4836d88f-384c-4ac6-930e-cd0f829c7b38-1.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5953\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4836d88f-384c-4ac6-930e-cd0f829c7b38-1.jpg?resize=362%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was written on Monday but i forgot to post it-might be another blog later! A super weekend! Apologies for no blog but I was otherwise occupied!!! 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