Well Co Wicklow actually. Spent a gorgeous day up in the Wicklow mountains, turning green with envy at the Guiness private estate on Lough Luggala. Taking in Powerscourt House & it's magnificent...
You should be able to beat me easily this week, I think! I managed a 'bare pass mark', of just THREE out of seven, in the adult quiz https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58330606 . . . and an abysmal ONE...
Are you a porridge person? I'm getting a bit fed up with my usual breakfast so thought I'd buy some porridge oats instead, but when I looked on the Tesco website, I was amazed at how many different...
Struggling with last two:
26 Across Ovine detailed by Eliot in parts of book (6)
Could be ‘sheepy’ but can’t parse that, and means that I’ve got 22d wrong, which must be ‘mist’ surely?
Thanks...
15ac joke about elected leader o?e
16ac unobstructed vent outside (hyphenated) o??na r
17d this plant raised money ???e?
Is 2 across bumping and if so why?...
farmers guardian
6d. give an encouraging look with eyes, not oddly in emotions (7) ?????y?
20d. in furious frenzy she's wildly animated - it's dreadfully abandoned (6) m?e?a?...
Good morning everyone - our lovely spell of warm sunny weather has disappeared, but the promised rain hasn't arrived ...typical ....so I think I'll be watering before too long !! I'm making no...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 12a. Item paired with a saucer for tea or tasseography readings, a fruit-based cocktail with Pimms or wine, or a common name for the structure at the base of an...
The adult quiz is (in my humble opinion) dead easy this week. I knew the first six answers and I would have guessed the last one correctly if I'd not thought that there might be a bit of a catch to...
Good morning everyone - back to the usual Monday rituals, at least the nice weather is continuing which makes life a lot easier ...none of this blown off the face of the planet malarkey !! Good...
Good morning everyone - gorgeous sunny day here, no wind - it's bliss !! I'm planning on spending it outside, communing with the weeds - only snag with that, it's difficult to do while sitting in a...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 17a. Fragrant herb related to betony, lemon balm, pennyroyal, English lavender and wild bergamot, or a colour similar to eau de Nil (4) 25d. Pad of paper,...
'Middling' for me with the adult quiz this week: FOUR out of seven https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58191753 Slightly better (in terms of percentage) for me in the junior one though: FOUR out of five:...
Good morning everyone - a pretty good weekend coming up, the sun is shining and the wind has dropped, thank goodness ....hoping to get out and tackle some more weeds later ! Well the links look...
Unspectacular, but still not too bad, for me in the adult quiz this week, I think. I managed FOUR out of seven. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58068880 I was rather more successful (percentage-wise,...
Good morning everyone - a pretty dismal Saturday here, so I've lit the fire and bunkering down with crosswords etc, and planning not much else. But Spring is on the way, I know this because my prunus...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 11a. Alfalfa, clover, ryegrass, Timothy etc, cut and dried as fodder, a country dance, or the abbreviated name for the 'town of books' that hosts an annual...
Not too bad for me this week, I think. I scored FIVE out of seven in the adult quiz https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58012823.amp . . . and THREE out of five in the junior one...