We had a super Book Club on Wednesday night in our idiosyncratic local. We all enjoyed their renowned Three Shu Pie before we started our discussion. I mentioned we were discussing Demon Copperhead and we all acknowledged it was a good provocative read. We spend much of the time looking at the parallels with David Copperfield which Barbara Kingsolver used as her vehicle to highlight the opiate crisis in the States. We all agreed that Dickens himself would of appreciated her story of a  poverty crisis with a powerful message. It has made me want to read some more of her books.

I was summoned to give some grandparent support to my two grandsons in nearby Bishop’s Cleeve yesterday morning. We both went over again today and had the delight of a bus adventure with Owen age 3, he insisted on both journeys that we go to the back seat! Great fun!

I enjoyed my Story Telling stint at Wick Court last night with our charming visitors from Brunswick Park Primary School London.

I also survived my first cricket net back in England (regular readers of the blog will know I had one in India before our games out there.)

Finally today’s picture not mine is of a Marsh Harrier – we currently have a lot of activity from a pair in Frampton! Fingers crossed that the mating is successful.