{"id":7688,"date":"2025-04-11T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7688"},"modified":"2025-04-11T14:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:27:12","slug":"lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7688","title":{"rendered":"Lords!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had a wonderful day yesterday taking my old friend<strong> Dave<\/strong> to <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Lords<\/strong> <\/span>for his Birthday and Christmas present. We were doing the tour and what a great day we both had! We sat in both changing rooms, walked through the <strong>Long Room<\/strong>, sat in the <strong>Compton Stand<\/strong> at the top and also the Grandstand. A few photos at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>I have clocked up a good few miles on the bike this week including today where I had a delightful ride into <strong>Nailsworth<\/strong> for storytelling. I was making my fourth visit since just before Christmas to the care home there. I do a real mix of stories to accommodate\u00a0 all the residents.<\/p>\n<p>Thought the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Mighty Hatters<\/strong> <\/span>did well on Tuesday and so fingers crossed for another big game tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8603-rotated.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7690\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8603-rotated.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=\"IMG_8603\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8603-rotated.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7690\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8603.jpg?resize=472%2C621&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"621\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8598.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7691\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8598.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_8598\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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