Good morning everyone - heading for another lovely warm weekend, sunshine a slight breeze, warmer tomorrow, a good night for partying tonight which I won’t be doing ….too old for that sort of thing....
It can't get much better than this. I'm sitting in a nice, comfy armchair, with three happy and healthy cats nearby, with Cèilidh na Bliadhn' Ùire on the telly and a glass of decent port in my hand....
I regret to inform you that my sister, who you know as 'Emmie' passed away on 26th December. she asked for the announcement to be made on this forum, but unfortunately did not leave details of her...
Have you had enough turkey/mince pies/stollen/booze yet? Here's part three of Aunty Beeb's big quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64025788 I managed a 'decent enough' (in my opinion) score of...
Here's the second part of Aunty Beeb's big annual quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63935331 I got a better score with this bit than I did in the first part, with NINE out of thirteen. (I suspect...
Good morning everyone - and all the very best of Christmas wishes to all the KM family …..have a wonderful festive season and may Santa bring everything you wished for. Now for the links ….lots to go...
Emmie is back in hospital having broken her femur , she is very upset and sounding depressed ,she in the UCLH , I asked her permission before posting this, a terrible thing for her to be going through...
Good evening to one and all. There’s no Quiz of the Week from Aunty Beeb this week, due to the start of the big annual quiz. (See below). There’s no kids’ Newsround quiz either this week :( The Timed...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 14a. Water in it’s frozen crystal- like state, etc. (3) 16a. Emulated in ornamental glass globes, cold niveous precipitation forming blankets of crystals etc...
Good morning everyone - a beautiful weekend here, really looking forward to being outside in the sunshine …..around 28d for a couple of days then it’s going to cool down for the Christmas weekend...
Good evening, everyone. Mince pies seem to have boosted my brain power a bit, enabling me to start off this week’s session with a score of SIX out of seven in the main quiz:...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 13a. A factory - farm - ship - or stable - worker, a pledge of marriage, etc or a round of applause. (4) 17a. Word originally for a rope/strand of any...
Good morning everyone - ooh, it’s going to be quite a warm one here today, talking about 35d in the city …glad I’m not going anywhere :)) but luckily it won’t last, back to something civilised...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 18a. Old English word originally denoting an inscription or descriptive placard giving information about an object, later the distinctive name of a book or...
Hello again, everyone. So who’s already fed up of mince pies then? A middling start for me this week, with FOUR out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63902792 Only TWO out of...
Good morning everyone - and it’s a beautiful day here….the sun is shining, no wind at all and we have a few more of these to look forward to …..maximums in the 28d area I can handle !! New month, new...
Here are today’s shaded clues for you - 12d. Related to the German for ‘grass’ and ‘grow’ a colour of living plants. (5) 25d. A pendant, a precipice, a lemon- or pear- flavoured sweet etc. (4) 32d....
