Please accept my apologies for not being more forthcoming before now. Lynne has now said that I can let you know what's going on. She has multiply-sited carcinomas & has been diagnosed terminally ill....
Good morning everyone - well the sun is shining but who knows for how long …still pretty breezy out there, so outside chores will just have to wait, just hoping my bulbs aren’t flattened!! Interesting...
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...
Hello. It took me a while to get into this setter’s way of thinking but eventually, it came . But there’s one that I have an answer to simply because it fits but I don’t really know why . Confessed...
Today is my birthday. It is also apparently ‘Menstrual Hygiene Day’. As a 56 year old menopausal woman I feel honoured to share my special occasion with this festivity. What special days do other A.B....
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...
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...
1) mixed corner swaps 14th for 5th after au colour 2) tumble and seed holder I hear 3) foggier after female 4) mixed opening split by directions twice 5) breed of dog without head follows C I hear...
Pleased this afternoon is over, talk about frayed nerves. One of my sons is a Leeds addict and was I pleased when Leeds did their seat of the pants act and managed to stay up. Do other people suffer...
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...
Friday again! (How can that be though? Who stole the six days in between?). I managed a decent enough FIVE out of seven in the main quiz this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-61476255 . . . but...
[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,...
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,...
Good morning everyone - sun’s shining, but oh boy, it’s nippy !! Woollies are definitely the go for today …I love this time of the year !! Quite a bright start to the first batch of links as well, all...
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...
i only use my kettle a few times a week, but usually there is some water left in there from the last time. how many days can you leave boiled water in a kettle, and then still use it? i know it wont...