An exhausting morning helping restore the area around a couple of ponds nearby. We had to make sure a large area of exposed liner was effectively covered. So ended up with an aching back!

I watched the football tonight and a pity we didn’t win as I think we played our most fluent football. The Mighty Hatters just seem to keep drawing at home! Not sure I understand the reasoning about letting us go into stadiums at this stage (albeit with a reduced capacity).

Yesterday’s Answers on Mistletoe

a) 85 species in Australia  b) It was a mistletoe arrow/spear that killed Baldur  c) Oklahoma has Mistletoe as its emblem  d) Herefordshire has Mistletoe as its emblem e) Mistle Thrush and Blackcaps love the berries.

Today’s Quiz is on Water

a) Where is most of the Earth’s fresh water located? Is it streams, lakes or polar ice caps?  b) Whilst at sea boats occasionally encounter “growlers” what are “growlers?” c) What is the world’s fifth largest ocean?  d) What is the most common amphibian to be found in British ponds? e) Who released Smoke on the Water?