Yesterday was a long day… I was out of the house for about 17hours, and oh the things I saw.

On the way up to Angers I got a passing glimpse of the Zavatta Circus, which was set up just outside of the city. A good old fashioned circus tent, surrounded by tractor trailers and camels (of course there were camels).

On the way home last night, under cover of darkness, I saw four deer, a badger, a hedgehog and an owl. I’d never seen a large badger in the wild before, my headlights scared him back off the roadway. The owls, on the other hand, are not entirely uncommon when driving in smaller villages. It’s cool, because you only see them at night or in the early morning; something big & light-coloured, generally ‘swooping’.

I’ve had a thing for owls ever since Owls in the Family, Farley Mowat’s great Canadian classic.