Today’s title is from one of my birthday presents-it is the latest album from the Boss (Bruce Springsteen) and I am enjoying listening to it as I write. Excellent!!!!

Actually feeling my age because I did perform live today at Kingshill House Dursley-yes a live performance! Brilliantly organised pop up event for Halloween for the local community. Slightly different for me because it felt I was telling on a conveyor belt- the young people were picking up bags with activities and snacks in they then came to me in a marquee (wearing a visor of course) every ten minutes -the ages were mixed and the time with each group was a constraint. So I told an Estonian Folk Tale and repeated it  for each group with a few tweaks I did this non stop for 90 minutes (same length as a football match but with no half time!) It had to be visual so it was a  physical effort. My visor got steamed up so I was peering out at the audience through a fog! I will need to look at this!

Finally I took Esther a friend of mine’s granddaughter  Bird Watching yesterday. Delighted that we saw not one Marsh Harrier but three! I’ve never seen that many all together in Gloucestershire before! Plenty of Curlew, Fieldfares and Starlings as well. We were hoping for a murmuration but the Starlings were in small groups of 30 to 50 birds -hopefully will see some over the next couple of months. (Picture below is not mine but one I found of a Harrier.)