In April, 40 years ago, Nottingham Forest were rubbing shoulders with the greatest names in Europe. They were drawn against one of the coolest football clubs around, Ajax Amsterdam, in the semi finals of the World's No 1 club competition. As the Dutch might say - for, us it was schitterend! (Google tells me that means "splendid") as Forest won through 2-1 on aggregate. I'll scratch my head on that one and try to remember as much as I can. I only went to the home leg - and that was nearly a disaster as I was supposed to go to a University field trip scheduled at the same time. So, I'll add a personal twist to the post by taking you down to the Cotswolds village of Nailsworth and my investigation of the genus Lumbricus (earthworms to you and me) in the beautiful Woodchester Valley. How bizarre to think that this was my first visit to the Stroud area - a place I would get to know so well as my dear wife comes from there. And, to get back to football, who could h...