Good morning all - Ummm. its overcast and rather damp today, I guess the Winter stuff is on it's way, but having been stuck inside with 'streaming head syndrome' all week, I'd have liked to see a...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 1d Gourd fruit often paired with cured meat such as Parma ham and used in dishes such as sorbet and granita [5] 23d Malleable metal, symbol Pb [4] 33d A basic...
Good morning everyone - well the summer's gone and we have much needed rain and I have a head cold !!! something I haven't had in ages and it's making up for lost time...,grrr !! Much better news on...
This is “King Cliffyg” I will try to be more helpful this week but be careful, don’t rush in, take your time or you will go wrong. The answers are all here to be found with the odd red herring....
Good morning everyone - our Indian Summer is continuing way beyond all expectations and we're certainly saving on wood ..I guess when Winter finally arrives it will come with a vengeance !! Now which...
The Shrubbery gates are open once again for discussion and socialising. Me? I prefer to get out-and-about every day taking photographs that serve me three purposes. They get posted on the internet,...
Been home about an hour from Chelsea. Long journey down to Ealing Common, then tube to Sloane Square then bus to Chelsea Hospital. Then a walk of at least half a mile to get to the entrance. The...
for a fun day out. A few of my birding group friends decided to have a day out learning about willow and how to make a large willow bird for the garden. You must have seen them...or have you made one?...
My nieghbour just rushed in and told me "BEAVERS are to be renamed ‘riverdogs’ after zoologists finally conceded defeat to the overwhelming forces of sexual innuendo."...
Just had text that says "Have come round from anaesthetic, am kidnapping the gas man as I haven't had such a good sheep in ages" I presume she'll be on here herself in due course with more gory...
Ok, so I need to say a few words at our reception on Friday, I am the groom Any advice, or suggestions on what to include? I want to keep it fairly short, sincere and maybe the odd joke (but I dont...
Good morning everyone - nice unexpected drop of rain here today as it's been sticky for the past few, quite tropical in fact and not the weather for 'slaving' over the stove....well that's all done...
This is “King Cliffyg” This coming week sees the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show. My wife Jo has green fingers and likes nothing more than a visit to our local garden centres. I...
Saturday. A short visit this morning. I shall be away at 7, last minute packing etc. It looks like a nice day on it's way. All the usual suspects out and about this morning. A badger is getting used...
Here's your daily dose of cuteness for the weekend - baby platypuses! There's no official name for baby platypuses, but they're often referred to as puggles or platypups. Platypuses are one of the...
Good morning everyone - grey and rather sticky here today and I'm up to my ears in green tomatoes [pickling time] so I guess Summer's really over. Four goodies for us...which one might be the 'odd one...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 16a ------ Hind; the galleon in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe between 1577 - 80 [6] 34a Michelin ----; hallmark or status of fine-dining...