A lousy start for me in the adult quiz this week, getting the first three wrong. However everything went very smoothly after that, giving me a ‘middling’ score of FOUR out of seven:...
Good morning everyone - not a bad day, considering its a weekend and for a change the wind isn't stripping the roses and drying out the lawn ....just means I'll be out there watering this afternoon !!...
Here are today's. shaded clue s for you - 9a. Made from the cellulose pulp of linen, esparto, mulberry or wood, a material upon which to write, draw or print, decorate walls or wrap gifts, or a...
I was hoping for a clean sweep this week when I got the first five answers right in the adult quiz but, predictably I suppose, I then failed at the final two hurdles. So that’s FIVE out of seven for...
First one seen in Scotland on 20th. This is early, for any birders out there keep 'em peeled, it could be a waxwing winter. Still to see a flock of these amazing birds so will be tracking sightings of...
Good morning everyone - Sunny and quite breezy, and very pleasant after a weird week .....lots of rain, but now some sunny days ....I can cope with that. Some fairly straightforward links for us...
Not too bad for me this week, I feel: A middling FOUR out of seven on the adult quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59247789 An equally middling THREE out of five on the junior one:...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 17a. Slab for/with an inscription, one of the two halves of a backgammon board, or a company of people seated for supper or a game (5) 31a. Structure created by...
Good morning everyone - nice and mild out there after overnight rain, plus the threat of thunderstorms, which luckily, have not eventuated !! New round of links for us to puzzle over - BREAD FAMILY...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 47a. Baked dough traditionally stored in a panary, or food in general. (5) 1d. Social unit consisting of parents, their children and, formerly, servants, a...
A decent enough FIVE out of seven for me this week in the grown-ups’ quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59132633 There are some nice ’n’ easy questions for the kids this week but I still only...
A middling FOUR out of seven on the grown-ups quiz for me this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59068165 There are several nice and easy questions in the junior quiz this week. (Well, it is...
Good morning everyone - and it's not too bad after a pretty wild and woolly week, especially Thursday, with continuous thunderstorms through the morning, lots of rain and some gigantic hailstones...
Was chatting with my friend yesterday and we were trying to think of a word to best describe that lovely chilled feeling when you’ve had a couple of alcoholic drinks, maybe say a couple of glasses of...
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny day here, but boy that breeze is very nippy, think I'll take a jacket when I go out to attack the weeds !! Ok on with the links .....lots to go with these I'm...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 17a. Still - ,a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit and flowers. (4) 20a. Animal measured in hands and painted by Stubbs and Munnings, or a piece of...
A middling FOUR out of seven for me in the adult quiz this week. (It was one of those weeks when I kept thinking "Blast, I knew that really" when I got an answer wrong):...