A typical stereotypical dismal November day today. Think of the well known Thomas Hood poem about November. It has been dull and drizzly most of the day. Got wet cycling back from dropping car off in Gloucester. Think tomorrow looks promising weather wise!

I am working on finding a variety of bird stories for telling. The Two Severn Bores are investigating doing some short pod casts on birds. Dan is working on songs so I need to adapt some stories. One of the first stories I ever wrote I called Quest for Camelot and it played with the idea of merging the bird of prey  (Merlin) with Arthur’s  wizard. I may rewrite it for an older audience.

Yesterday’s Quiz answers on Horrible Headteachers

a) Gillian Cross wrote the Demon Headmaster  b) Wackford Squeers of Dotheboy Hall was fin Nicholas Nickleby  c) Miss Trunchball from Matilda  d) Dolores Umbridge was the Headteacher briefly at Hogwarts  e) Mr Brocklehurst was from Jane Eyre.

Today’s Quiz on November

a) November 5th (Bonfire Night) -what was the year of the Gunpowder Plot  b) What was the name given to Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech November 19th 1863?  c) Which number month was November in the ancient Roman calendar?  d) Which group had a hit with November Rain?   e) Who in Literature was born in Wattenscheid, Germany on November 11th (might be better to think of the films!)