diff --git a/parsers/logbooks.py b/parsers/logbooks.py
index c221fe1..ccd935f 100644
--- a/parsers/logbooks.py
+++ b/parsers/logbooks.py
@@ -524,8 +524,12 @@ def parser_blog(year, expedition, txt):
             break
         datestamp = match_datetime.group(1)
         
-        tripdate = datetime.fromisoformat(datestamp)
-        # print(f" -  tid: {tid} '{trippeople}' '{tripdate}'")
+        try:
+            tripdate = datetime.fromisoformat(datestamp)
+        except:
+            print(datestamp[0:9])
+            tripdate = datetime.fromisoformat(datestamp[0:10])
+       # print(f" -  tid: {tid} '{trippeople}' '{tripdate}'")
         
         tripname = f"UK Caving Blog post {logbook_entry_count}" # must be unique for a given date