Spent part of this morning recording a story for a school. My “studio” is my workroom and I use my telescope tripod with a bike clamp for a mobile phone attached! I then fix my phone on it horizontally. I used a puppet to disguise my switching the phone on and off mainly because I struggle with the editing! It was actually good to do and you learn to adapt your Telling. You do realise how much you feed off your audience at the moment it is slightly disconcerting when performing that you  see yourself instead of the audience! Aiming to do a second story tomorrow!

Still disappointed by yesterday’s football, my team were awful; actually they weren’t that good! Still hopefully better on Tuesday, it is the hope that gets you!

Yesterday’s Quiz on Pond Life

a) Toads are not eaten by most fish because of the toxins in their skin. Some mammals do, Otters flip them over and eat them through their belly.   b) Pond skaters use the vibrations on the surface to detect their prey.  c) There are 36 species of Dragonfly in the UK there are also 21 species of Damselfly     d) Spoonbill is of course the Heron type of bird with the bizarre bill – we are lucky here because the odd Spoonbill turns up on the flashes near the River  e) The Great Crested Newt is the biggest newt in the UK