It’s Friday evening again! For the small number of you who aren’t (a) out in your gardens, enjoying the sun ; (b) sitting in pub gardens, enjoying the sun ; or (c) recovering in a cool room somewhere,...
It is with the utmost sadness & regret that I'm posting that Mamyalynne passed away this evening just before 6:00. She went peacefully, with myself, her daughter, son-in-law & grandson present. She...
Good morning everyone - rather grey and cool here, but after the wild and woolly stuff, it’s a pleasant change….I might even get outside to see if I have a garden left. :( Right, now for the links …....
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 12 a. With ‘parsley’ the plant Queen Anne’s Lace, seasonally abundant along country lanes, etc, mentioned in Ivor Gurney’s poem The Cloud. (3) 32a. Word...
Good morning everyone - well Winter has arrived, lots of lovely rain, and not so lovely winds …all in all, pretty bleak but then what else can one expect !! Light the fire, find a good puzzle and some...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 18a. Garments with styles including bell, pencil, puff, trumpet and tulip, etc. (6) 31a. One of the flight - or lift - producing appendages of a bat, bee, bird...
Friday again! I scraped by with just THREE out of seven on the main quiz this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-61654929 I doubt very much that we’ll see any zero scores on the junior quiz this...
Good morning everyone - well at last some rain has arrived !! Wonderful !! So far we’ve had a day of soaking rain and quite a lot overnight so hopefully this is the break and we’ll have a decent...
It’s Friday, so here we go again folks! A decent enough start for me this week, I feel, with FIVE out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-61559704 . . . but I had to rely on...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 17a. An experienced sailor, a condiment stored in a cruet, or money historically demanded by Eton schoolboys during the old custom of montem. (4) 21a. Flat...
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny day here for our General Election ….what fun !! Apart from that, I’m planning to get out in the garden and tackle some weeds …. And for the links POST STAND TURN...
Here are todays shaded clues for you- 34d. A collection or delivery of mail. (4) 36d. A piece of furniture such as a wooden Canterbury for holding books or sheet music. (5) 40d. A bend, twist or curve...
Good morning everyone - not a bad day here, sunny in fact but no sign of the promised rain - I’m going to be doing some serious watering if this keeps up - wonder what the eastern states are doing,...
It is now going up and down when pressed whatever way you want. Stop and go as well when control pressed. Takes a while to close and then when you want to open you have to be prepared for up and down...
[Sorry that this post is about an hour or so later than usual this week. I've been catching up on some sleep after a tiring afternoon in Norwich]. A slightly better than usual start for me this week,...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 10a. Household utensils in gold and silver collectively, a high- quality illustration inserted into a book, or, with ‘copper’ a graceful style of calligraphic...
Good morning everyone - well we’ve had some rain but not enough to get really excited about and today looks like it might clear into something reasonable…fingers crossed !! We also have a new month...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 36a. Related to the Icelandic word meaning ‘to sparkle’ a word for luminosity or phosphorescence, the rosiness of a healthy complexion or a feeling of warmth or...
Good morning everyone - rather dismal here today, overcast but no rain around, but so far it’s not windy either, which is a blessing. A bit dismal on the links scene too, especially where points are...
Good morning everyone - well we’ve had some rain but not enough to get excited about …..I see Sydney has nicked it all again :( greedy gits !! And April has positively flown past and we’re at the...