{"id":6704,"date":"2024-02-29T16:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6704"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:43:09","slug":"ouch-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6704","title":{"rendered":"Ouch!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well Tuesday night was a painful experience watching the not so <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Mighty Hatters<\/span> <\/strong>on Tuesday night! Still I can trot out the old clich\u00e9 &#8220;<em>We can now concentrate on the league<\/em> (sic).<\/p>\n<p>It has been a busy couple of days- yesterday I went back to my volunteering at <strong>Wick Court<\/strong> taking young people bird watching. Today I got a soaking ding the monthly bird survey out by the river. Sadly not a great morning for birds although we saw 70+ <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>curlew<\/strong><\/span> frequently making that evocative call. Later I am off for story telling at <strong>Wick Court<\/strong> ( I have had nearly three weeks off!). After that I have a quiz match.<\/p>\n<p>A few more Indian photos to finish off the blog! The first is a fine collection of men in the India dressing room at the <strong>Wankhede Stadium!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8cd63b78-f629-4348-a42f-0d09a19288cb.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6705\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8cd63b78-f629-4348-a42f-0d09a19288cb.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"8cd63b78-f629-4348-a42f-0d09a19288cb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8cd63b78-f629-4348-a42f-0d09a19288cb.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/8cd63b78-f629-4348-a42f-0d09a19288cb.jpg?resize=455%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How many people does it take to lift a manhole cover?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4395.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6706\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4395.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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_4395\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4395.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_4395.jpg?resize=479%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another shot of our fine wanderers at the colonial <strong>Bombay Gymkhana<\/strong> ground- dodgy bloke in the middle wearing the hat!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00052aed-6618-4df3-ac24-783970aec12a.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6707\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00052aed-6618-4df3-ac24-783970aec12a.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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00052aed-6618-4df3-ac24-783970aec12a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00052aed-6618-4df3-ac24-783970aec12a.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00052aed-6618-4df3-ac24-783970aec12a.jpg?resize=386%2C508&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Useful telephone number below we found in the dressing rooms of the international grounds we played on!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0fca4a78-41b1-4b16-9180-a2b56101dff4.jpg?ssl=1\">\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=\"6708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6708\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0fca4a78-41b1-4b16-9180-a2b56101dff4.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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0fca4a78-41b1-4b16-9180-a2b56101dff4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0fca4a78-41b1-4b16-9180-a2b56101dff4.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0fca4a78-41b1-4b16-9180-a2b56101dff4.jpg?resize=423%2C557&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"557\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well Tuesday night was a painful experience watching the not so Mighty Hatters on Tuesday night! Still I can trot out the old clich\u00e9 &#8220;We can now concentrate on the league (sic). It has been a busy couple of days- &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6704\">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-6704","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-1K8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704","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=6704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6709,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6704\/revisions\/6709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}