It is that time of year when the young Tawny Owls are either establishing new territories or the older ones are keeping their existing ones – so they are very noisy at the moment. Often hearing them at night around here. Here in the village we all knew a regular roosting tree that became a bit of a tourist attraction until the tree blew down. The picture below I took a few weeks before it happened.

My gig for Upton St.Leonards WI went well yesterday- they have asked me back for a third time next year! I told a new version of the story of Merlin and the Dragons – I am telling it again in the pub on Thursday night,

On a poignant note I went for a walk with one of my old friends  from school this morning remembering a dear friend of ours who we worked closely with. We told stories about her and we both laughed and cried. It helped us both come to terms with a really sad time. I had showed both of them the tawny in the picture on previous walks.