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My body is falling apart! I played cricket on Tuesday and chased the ball to the boundary – dived full length to claw the ball back saving all of one run – I must of twisted my leg in the dive and my hamstring went again! So that is the end of my cricket season! It means my cycling is also restricted for a couple of days or so. Think I should have a more mature attitude in the field! Is that a flying pig?<\/p>\n

Took much older group of young people bird watching at Wick Court<\/strong> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In the evening I managed to see the rare white winged black tern<\/strong><\/span> that turned up on the sailing lake at the end of our road. A few fuzzy distant picture below. Also a bee on thistle! The last picture below is from the local birding site of the white winged black tern ( I never saw it that close and obviously a better camera than mine!)<\/p>\n

Spent yesterday at Cheltenham<\/strong> watching county cricket, sadly Gloucestershire<\/strong> came second!<\/p>\n

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