Good morning everyone - not so bleak here today, promise of a couple of sunny days to come and then back to the wet stuff again - well it's that time of the year, isn't it !! Well, we knew there'd be...
Good morning everyone - a bit on the dreary side today, so an early start for KM and then off to sit by the fire - love to know where Strix was getting his data from, we haven't had a 12.5deg night...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 32a Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister following the resignation of Margaret Thatcher [5] 43a Stem of an asparagus or broccoli [5] 6d Another...
Good morning everyone - cool and cloudy here today after the obligatory down pour yesterday just in time for Mothers Day picnic lunches - always happens, you can set your clocks by it !! Much better...
Good morning everyone - cold nights, lovely sunny days, log fires, bedsocks, wood smoke, hot buttered toast with soup ...... I love this time of the year !!! Now to things more practical and what does...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 29a Taxonomic category ranking above family; also the number of columns in a square matrix [5] 44a The -----; magazine that was launched in 1992 by former...
well the first I've actually seen ...the Barn Owls in Cornwall have hatched 3 with a couple of eggs still to go ...at the moment it's just a squirming pile of fluff but mum has just come in to feed...
Good morning all - well no hicccups this morning, everything went accordingly to plan, just most of us weren't on Kate's wavelength properly for this first round. As usual, there were more possibles...
Good morning everyone - a bit nippy this morning, autumn is well entrenched, log fires and warm soup are the go - at least we don't have snow to look for to in the winter months !! is this good or bad...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 18a Richard "Bingo" ------ ; character in the P G Wodehouse Jeeves and Drones series of books [6] 4d ------ of arc; a unit of angular measurement...
Good morning everyone - somewhat behind schedule but here nevertheless !! Thanks to the power of the press and rockfordill we are able to bring you the roundup for this month The matches were - Night...
Good morning all - a very early start with a busy day and lovely sunshine ... not to be missed. Anyway, if I sat here any longer I'd just change my mind over and over and still not pick any matches...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 44a ----- Train; 1997 novel by Martin Amis named after a blues standard by Jimmy Forrest [5] 56a Novel based on a puzzling crime [7] 5d The Big -----; the first...
Good morning everyone - and a rather bleak one it is too, especially with regards to our game - we really are dragging the proverbial somewhat this month and while there was an explanation for last...
Good morning everyone - our Indian Summer has disintegrated into rain, very welcome after the warm weather, the feed is staring to jump out of the ground but why does it always happen at weekends ??...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 20a Any of the five major bodies of water forming the Earth's hydrosphere [5] 38a The hand guard of a sword, a light racing boat, a conch trumpet etc, [5] 51a...
Good morning everyone - well the sun is shining still, but not on our contest. I was beginning to wonder if I had downloaded the right puzzle because three 'unusuals' was just a bit too much !!...
Good morning everyone - another early start and another glorious day here, the sun is shining, warm with a gentle breeze, too good to be inside so I'm away for a while Four nice little links to get...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 14a Chemical element, symbol Fe [4] 15a Sight ------; in cricket, a large white backdrop etc [6] 17a Capital of the Seychelles, also genus of a waterlily etc...