Boxing Day saunter

The morning dawned dull, grey, damp and cold. Undeterred we left the warmth, the TV, and the chocolates and ventured out for a saunter up a nearby lane, bins at the ready for all those farmland birds we were bound to see. Shame really that all those farmland birds obviously had other ideas and stayed firmly out of sight.

A few Wood Pigeon, the odd crow, a few Chaffinch and House Sparrows, and that was the lot. We heard a Goldcrest but couldn't locate it. It possibly beat a hasty retreat when a Magpie landed in the same tree.

So with little about and no sign of better things to come we turned around, sauntered back, and went off to watch something a little more lively instead - in this case the Sheffield Steelers beat the Cardiff Devils 6 - 3 in an eventful match which saw one player knocked clean out, lots of fighting, and some fast and furious play. Now we just need to find the game rules because I wasn't alone in spending most of the match completely confused!