Jess has always fancied trying her suitably gloved hand at falconry. We were planning a falconry day with the remaining money on the Red Letter Days voucher my sister got us last Christmas after using the bulk for a spot of Rasul, but we were incompetent, and by the time we got round to booking it the voucher had expired, so we didn’t. Another thing Jess likes is local wildlife artist Robert E Fuller, who’s got an exhibition on at the minute, so this afternoon we tootled along to take a look.

In the car park were some people from a falconry centre hawking their wares (do you see what I did there?), and they’d got a few birds in tow to help sell it. We moseyed over to have a look, and the next thing we knew a nice man was asking Jess if she wanted a go. Which of course she did.

And so our trip to look at some paintings was preceded by an unexpected and completely free opportunity for Jess to do something she’s wanted to do for aaaages. And I had the presence of mind to whip my phone out and record the moment for posterity.

And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.