Back on tour

Apparently the Simon-and-Steve show went down very well at the opening date (which I believe was Southampton). Crikey, it’s suddenly happening!

The nearest venues to us are Cheltenham on 27 May, Milton Keynes on the 4th and 5th of June, and London on the 7th. Get along, you’ll definitely enjoy it.

I’m really hoping I can make the Cheltenham bash if anyone else is interested. I’m sure Matt can furnish us with further particulars – and Simon’s website is www.simonlefort.com.

Those three paragraphs represent the real news so if you can’t stand nature, er, that’s it. For the few of you who like these snippets I have to tell you that I had a blinding day on the moor. I watched a whole gang of hobbies chasing after dragonflies (I counted at least six on one corrner of the fen) and a rather ambitious crow trying to mob one of them but being totally outclassed by a superior flying machine.

I had a good view of a cuckoo – now you don’t often actually get a glimpse those crafty blighters- and heard an elusive grasshopper warbler. Again, not many of those to the pound. I found a few clumps of yellow rattle and ragged robin which sadly are also on the wane. Linnets, turtle dove, reed warbler, reed bunting, sedge warbler, red kite, kestrel, yellowhammer, whitethroat, snipe, tufted duck and lapwing completed a perfect morning. (A selection of pics are now loaded).

If you haven’t dozed off, I shall leave you with another gem from the Dumb Britain column.
Quiz master: Which of the three British armed forces is known as the senior service?
Contestant. The SS.