It's been a strange week. A quiet start then on Wednesday we headed over to Leamington for a lecture on Christmas traditions. Having made the journey we arrived at the theatre to find the dates had been changed and we'd missed it by 2 days! Neither the literature or the website had been updated. Clare even called the Box Office the day before to check it was still going ahead and was told that it was. We ended up heading home.
What made things worse was that I missed the football! Blues were away at Braga in the Europa League. It was being shown on ITV4 but by the time we got home it had finished. Blues lost 1-0 which means our European adventure could be over soon. We need to beat NK Maribor and hope that Bruge lose to Braga.
Friday we had people over, played bingo and had a good laugh. We had some Christmas crackers which we bought from the RSPB. Inside each cracker was a wind up penguin. In the box of crackers is a material race track. Wind up the penguins and watch them race! It was really good fun and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
Yesterday we headed into Birmingham for a bit more Xmas shopping. Originally we were due to meet friends and do some shopping in Nantwich. Probably not the first place that springs to mind but it's close to where a friend lives. This was cancelled and we had planned to pop over to RSPB Sandwell Valley but when we awoke yesterday we were not really in the mood so opted to join the crowds of shoppers in the Bull Ring.
Today has been quiet with breakfast at Sainsbury's and then, whilst I watched the FA Cup (AFC Totton 1 Bristol Rovers 6), Clare sorted out the Christmas decorations.
Despite not going birdwatching yesterday I have watched the birds in the garden today. Jay, Woodpigeon, Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Song Thrush, Magpie, Carrion Crow and a Goldcrest. We also had a flock of Siskin!
It's been a nice relaxing sort of day which is good because shortly we will be heading back over to Leamington Spa to see The Vaccines!
