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MM and KM Links March 2010 [Week 1]

I really believe that Spring is just around the corner and I guess that my attack on my weeds is about to kick off in earnest. I have just spent the last 4.5 hours looking after grandson, Harry, and...
20:01 Fri 04th Mar 201120 answers, last by paulineward 00:36 Sat 05th Mar 2011
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MM Links Solutions February 2011 [Week 4]

Lady Alex II (the Leisurely) completed her second reign as the Royal MM Link Setter with an interesting account of Geocaching (of which I knew nothing before yesterday). I had to laugh at...
19:59 Sun 27th Feb 201114 answers, last by kettledrum 10:57 Mon 28th Feb 2011
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MM and KM Links February 2011 [Week 4]

It is now 18.25 and this is my usual time for preparing to launch this week’s final showdown for the February tussle and to determine where this month’s honours lie. In this respect, this...
19:59 Fri 25th Feb 201115 answers, last by paulineward 09:48 Sat 26th Feb 2011
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MM Links Solutions February 2011 [Week 3]

Lady Alex II (the Leisurely) continued to entertain the MM Linkers whilst still trying to take fairly tight control of the points she awards. However, the pilgrims were still able to extract a total...
20:02 Sun 20th Feb 201115 answers, last by ulysses100 17:30 Mon 21st Feb 2011
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MM and KM Links February 2011 [Week 3]

I am preparing this launch well in advance! It is now 12.30 and in two hours’ time members of the family will descend on the croft ~ all ready to celebrate the second birthday of grandson,...
19:59 Fri 18th Feb 201132 answers, last by BigMac 00:25 Sat 19th Feb 2011
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MM Links Solutions February 2011 [Week 2]

Lady Alex II the Leisurely was able to stem the flow of points by cutting down the number of points awarded by half. However, this is still a healthy total. Based on her experiences of...
20:00 Sun 13th Feb 201110 answers, last by ladyalex 23:59 Sun 13th Feb 2011
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MM and KM Links February 2010 [Week 2]

I am working on my laptop and it has [more or less] survived last week’s storm and rain ingress. Unfortunately some 10 keys in the top right hand corner of my keyboard are producing double...
20:00 Fri 11th Feb 201117 answers, last by paulineward 00:07 Sat 12th Feb 2011
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MM Links Solutions February 2011 [Week 1]

Lady Alex II set new records by awarding almost 50 points across a record field of over 50 contestants. Her links were based on her early experiences in cookery and she chose to go with link words:...
20:01 Sun 06th Feb 201111 answers, last by paulineward 21:10 Tue 08th Feb 2011
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MM and KM Links February 2010 [Week 1]

Last night’s storm took its toll on the croft. A tiny amount of rain penetrated the lounge ceiling and landed a few inches from my laptop causing a malfunction. I have it drying out and keeping...
20:01 Fri 04th Feb 201117 answers, last by paulineward 00:28 Sat 05th Feb 2011
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MM Links Solutions January 2011 [Week 4]

Queen Christiana (the Cryptic One) maintained her recent obscure style of linking, so much so that the number of those picking up points barely reached double figures. Working under the theme:...
20:00 Sun 30th Jan 201115 answers, last by NazNomad 13:08 Mon 31st Jan 2011
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MM Links January 2011 [Week 4]

TITLE OF POSTING This is crofter posting on behalf of Christiana: Good morning all. This is Queen Christiana, the slightly less Cheerful One, as this is my last week of setting the MM Links....
09:44 Sat 29th Jan 201146 answers, last by paulineward 14:05 Sun 30th Jan 2011
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MM & KM Links January 2011 [Week 4/5]

This will be the final week for both MM Links and KM Links and I look forward to a thought-provoking challenge from Queen Christiana the Cheerful One. Last weekend, my visit to Tyneside went well and...
19:59 Fri 28th Jan 20114 answers, last by Aquagility 23:27 Fri 28th Jan 2011
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MM Links Solutions January 2011 [Week 3]

Queen Christiana (the Cheerful One) suddenly changed her mood and became more secretive and cryptic as she chose the rather innocent looking theme: “The Secret Garden”. However, her...
20:06 Sun 23rd Jan 201110 answers, last by boxtops 08:59 Mon 24th Jan 2011
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RNLI Christmas Quiz 2010 (Solutions)

The solutions to the “Islands” Quiz as set by the Clayton-le-Woods Committee are given below. More than £450 was raised eventually and the winner was Mrs Christine MacCallum of West...
22:27 Tue 18th Jan 20113 answers, last by poodledoo 11:38 Wed 19th Jan 2011
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MM Links Solutions January 2011 [Week 2]

Queen Christiana the Cheerful continued into 2011 with one of my favourite parodies, which was performed by Julie Andrews. The original version extends to a few more verses and is well worth tracing...
20:00 Sun 16th Jan 201115 answers, last by ladyalex 00:37 Mon 17th Jan 2011
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MM & KM Links January 2011 [Week 2/3]

This will be Week 2 for MM Links, but Week 3 for KM Links and we all anticipate yet another healthy contribution from Queen Christiana the Cheerful One. Last week, I congratulated teacher1 and...
20:02 Fri 14th Jan 201119 answers, last by ulysses100 09:07 Sat 15th Jan 2011
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MM Links Solutions January 2011 [Week 1]

By all accounts, Queen Christiana the Cheerful began 2011 in benevolent form. Determined to maintain an upbeat attitude, she adopted the thematic title “Accentuate the Positive” and went...
20:00 Sun 09th Jan 201112 answers, last by ladyalex 19:09 Mon 10th Jan 2011
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MM & KM Links January 2011 [Week 1/2]

Perhaps I need to explain the ambiguous title. This will be Week 1 for MM Links, but Week 2 for KM Links, since I (crofter) opted for a two-week break over the festive season to recover from excesses...
20:00 Fri 07th Jan 201110 answers, last by paulineward 22:37 Sat 08th Jan 2011
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MM Links Solutions December 2010 [Week 3]

King Ulysses II completed his third and final round in his usual generous fashion to bring 2010 to a premature close. With his chosen theme of “the Thyme of my Life”, he opted for the link...
20:04 Sun 19th Dec 201020 answers, last by Handbaglady 09:45 Mon 20th Dec 2010
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MM and KM Links December 2010 [Week 3]

Read this posting carefully ~ it contains some important information. Firstly, last week I short-changed Christiana in that when I credited her with two early hits (for FOUR POINTS). In fact, she had...
20:02 Fri 17th Dec 201025 answers, last by paulineward 01:30 Sat 18th Dec 2010

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