{"id":8136,"date":"2026-01-02T20:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8136"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:27:06","slug":"back-briefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8136","title":{"rendered":"Back Briefly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in bitterly cold Frampton for a night. We have just been with our <strong>Exeter<\/strong> family for a couple of nights. Had a lovely time with our delightful granddaughter <strong>Ellen<\/strong>. Sadly my football team failed to turn up yesterday for the umpteenth time this season!<\/p>\n<p>I went looking for the <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Yellow Browed Warbler<\/strong><\/span> this afternoon. Didn&#8217;t see it but did see plenty of <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Chiff Chaffs,<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Wrens,<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Stonechats,<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Linnets<\/strong><\/span> and the <strong>Black Swan<\/strong> again. Some pictures I took below- when i went to snap the moon didn&#8217;t realise a <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>gull<\/strong><\/span> was flying across it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8137\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?fit=1944%2C2042&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1944,2042\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?resize=286%2C300&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?resize=975%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?w=1944&amp;ssl=1 1944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040745.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/P1040749.jpg?ssl=1\"> \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8138\" 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