{"id":7263,"date":"2024-10-20T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T16:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7263"},"modified":"2024-10-20T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T16:23:49","slug":"back-to-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7263","title":{"rendered":"Back to Normal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well after a lovely week away (we didn&#8217;t get back until 3 on Friday morning so it meant it was a non-day as we were so tired (we did manage to get our covid and flu jabs out of the way!) I thoroughly enjoyed the football yesterday &#8211; it was the first time this season the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Mighty Hatters<\/strong> <\/span>had played with an effective high press &#8211; was worried we might be disrupted by the four injuries but everyone responded well. It is baffling that once again we have many centre backs injured. Until yesterday it has been a disappointing start to the season,<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned yesterday I have a busy time coming up with story telling in the next fortnight- starting with me doing the <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Boudicca revolt<\/strong><\/span> on Tuesday (so the wig and dress come out again- I tell the story as her!)<\/p>\n<p>Finally good news one of my regular readers of this blog <strong>Colin<\/strong> is back home after a traumatic fortnight in hospital = hope you can now read this <strong>Colin!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some more pictures from Italy including a M<strong>editerranean gull<\/strong> in flight and a <strong>gecko!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7264\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?fit=1195%2C1220&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1195,1220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728787458&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1040107\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?fit=584%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?resize=471%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?resize=294%2C300&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?resize=1003%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?resize=768%2C784&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040107.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040120-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040124-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1129&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1129\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1729032626&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1040124\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040124-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C258&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7266\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1728616068&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1040101\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040101-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C491&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1040101.jpg?resize=488%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well after a lovely week away (we didn&#8217;t get 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