{"id":7747,"date":"2025-05-03T08:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T08:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7747"},"modified":"2025-05-03T08:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T08:27:21","slug":"day-of-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7747","title":{"rendered":"Day of Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title might sound like one of my story telling gigs! It of course refers to my football team the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Mighty Hatters<\/strong> <\/span>who travel to the <strong>Midlands<\/strong> hoping to continue their good form and avoid successive relegations. I am a complete bag of nerves as I get ready for the game. There are so many permutations so my fingers will be firmly crossed.<\/p>\n<p>Changing the subject I did hear the <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>bittern<\/strong><\/span> again this morning. I did go looking for <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Hobbies<\/strong><\/span> earlier in the week but didn&#8217;t see one but have now heard a <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>cuckoo.<\/strong><\/span> A couple of pictures below of a <strong>blackbird,<\/strong> a <span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>heron<\/strong> <\/span>and my first <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>common tern<\/strong><\/span> of the summer (a distant speck!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/P1040515-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7748\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/P1040515-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2325&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2325\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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It of course refers to my football team the Mighty Hatters who travel to the Midlands hoping to continue their good form and avoid successive relegations. 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