{"id":8259,"date":"2026-03-02T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8259"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:30:43","slug":"spring-what-has-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8259","title":{"rendered":"Spring What Has Happened?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I inadvertently deleted my last post about Spring!<\/strong> Sorry! I had gone on about frogs, birds although I missed out flowers and trees. I’ve included the frog pictures from my pond again. On the bird front I went to look for the alignment of the planets on Saturday night- unsuccessful but I was treated to competing Tawny Owls<\/strong> <\/span>hooting and best of all a Bittern<\/strong> <\/span>booming (seems early to me!)<\/p>\n

Last night we drove to the theatre in Malvern<\/strong> to hear Professor Alice Roberts<\/strong> talk about her book called Dominion.<\/strong> She was superb – an articulate speaker (just like she is on TV but humble with a lovely touch of dry humour. The theatre was packed.<\/p>\n

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