{"id":22166,"date":"2026-05-13T17:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=22166"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:23:22","slug":"hail-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/hail-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"22168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/hail-in-may\/chiffchaff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1778684588&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Chiffchaff&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chiffchaff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff-1024x768.jpeg\" data-id=\"22168\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"chiffchaff in leaves &amp; branches\" class=\"wp-image-22168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff-668x501.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chiffchaff.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"22167\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/hail-in-may\/heron-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1778684213&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Heron&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heron\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron-1024x768.jpeg\" data-id=\"22167\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Heron head, blue water behind with raindrops\" class=\"wp-image-22167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron-668x501.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Heron.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Went for a walk round the park this afternoon. 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