Here's the thing. I have been asked to make 100 scones for a street party to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee (for English Cream Teas) All the recipes I have tell you to eat the scones on the day they...
Good morning everyone - and a very Happy Easter to all. Overcast and cool here for the Holiday Monday, and very quiet so far, I'm so glad we're not traveling back from far-flung places today, holiday...
Hello again from “Regal Roslyn”. Yes it is only a few months ago that I was the setter, but no-one was prepared to accept gen2’s challenge so I’m afraid you are stuck with me...
Good morning everyone - a cool day here in South Oz but no rain so far. Another big day of racing so I'm quite happy to watch the horses go round and nibble on an Easter egg or two !! Have had one win...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 4d Actors in a play or film collectively [4] 35d Planet photographed by the crew of Apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972 titled th4e Blue Marble [5] 39d Long length of...
Good morning everyone - heading for a warm week here but Easter will be wet from Sunday onwards - typical, it's usually wet and cold then inspite of being Autumn The matches this week weren't all that...
This was a great climax to the March round of challenges set by 'Princess Diana' aka GrannyDi. Once again, she teased you with subtle hints (and some not quite so subtle) along with some distractors...
When I offered to do the links this month, I was away in Gran Canaria and didn’t have a diary with me; I hadn’t realized until well into the second week that I would have to produce 5...
Good morning everyone - it's Autumn racing again today so an early posting and I can get back to the gee-gees !! An interesting little group without the huge range of choice we've had on previous...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 11a Stage name of the singer-songwriter born Charlotte Reed whose albums include Voice of an Angel and Back to Scratch [6] 48a Letter of the Greek alphabet and...
Just a brief thank you to all ABers - my wife of 8 years died suddenly at home in the early hours of last Tuesday morning. I was Ok at the time, my old training kicked in and I went into auto-pilot...
And a very Good Morning to all - another glorious Autumn day here, sunny warm and 26d lovely day to go out and do something/anything ... maybe I can con Mr S into taking me out to lunch, cos it's too...
Shush, be quiet, don’t tell anyone but I think that Spring is around the corner. The clocks go forward this weekend and the garden is coming to life again. My garden is at its best in the Spring...
Good morning everyone - another early start, lots happening here today, so just in case I forget, I'll post now while I think of it !! Nice little bunch of link words this morning - nothing from out...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 25a Drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists such as Puccini's La Boheme ...etc [5] 35a Car originally made by the British Motor Corporation which...