A real physical day for my body! I went for a decent ride this morning with the Old Groynes doing 35 miles with quite a bit of climbing. Hard work when we turned into a strong wind- the start of Storm Dudley. We certainly needed our coffee and cake ( a gigantic slice)! Being a glutton for punishment I went to my first cricket net of the year. 90 minutes of bowling and batting means I am now aching all over my ancient body! Hot bath beckons!

We spotted the female Blackcap yesterday on our feeders (first sighting of a female this year). I took a picture through the window. The other picture is a Thrush in our pond. We don’t get them that often in the garden but when they appear they often bathe in the pond.