Good morning everyone - an early start again, but I figured if I sat and thought any longer I'd change my selections all over again and get myself into a real muddle !! Yes, it's like that with the...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 55a Roman unit of length equal to 1,000 paces or 1620 yards [4] 4d English physicist and chemist who invented the incandescent light bulb and later formed a...
this morning, seems like the wonder-check fledged yesterday and has yet to return to the nest
The staff don't seem concerned but looking at an empty nest makes me feel a bit sad...
Good morning everyone - damp and dark here so far, but they are promising a sunny afternoon .... mind you I don't believe a word they say anymore, somewhere there may be a sunny afternoon, but I don't...
Good morning everyone - sunshine again, after hail, sleet, wind .... you name it, but too cold to be outside so the roses get a reprieve for a day or so !! Hope someone has organised a large umbrella...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 24a The Kernel of an apricot, [etc] a neutral brownish-grey colour etc [5] 33a Element with the symbol Cu [6] 51d food writer who was a judge on The Great...
Good morning everyone - very dark and overcast here today, that wet stuff is coming in earlier than expected - there goes my gardening plans for this week and back to the boring stuff indoors Ah well,...
Good morning everyone - another early start for just the same reason, the sun is shining and I'm going to prune my roses before the next spell of wet, cold and windy arrives [ should be about Tuesday...
Here are today's shaded clues fore you - 14a Celestial body with no atmosphere which is earth's only natural satellite [4] 15a ------- Tablet, ancient text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus [7] 46a...
Good morning all - very nippy down my way so that should mean a nice day, but then who knows !! btw alba, that sun, of which I spoke, is a round ball of golden cheese that comes and goes at whim and...
Good morning everyone - very early start, but then the sun's shining and I mean to make the most of it !! Final round for this month today so we need to get busy with these - SPARROW INDEX CHISEL...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 21a Name of a family of primarily seed-eating passerine birds [7] 39a An alternative term for the gnomon of a sundial, the finger of a fingerpost or a list of...
Good morning everyone - not too bad for a Monday morning here, it's overcast but the wind and rain are holding off for a while and we actually saw the sun yesterday, not here at home but 50odd klicks...
Good morning everyone - looks like we're having much the same weather - cold, very wet and very windy too, not nice !! Break out the fur-lined wellies and the St Bernards rum !! Two weeks to go,...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 16a One of the oldest-known naturally-occurring building materials [4] 10d Half a bottle of champagne [5] 34d Model who had a long term relationship with Mick...
Good morning everyone - rather damp and grey here today, but very heartening on the KM front - I do love to see an avalanche of points coming our way as we seem to be making up for a slow start, at...
Good morning everyone - very early I know, but I'm out shortly to get my hair cut, then on to lunch which should be very nice and just in case I can't remember later on, I'll do it now !! The half way...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 36a Informal term for a type of flaky pastry enriched with various toppings and fillings etc [6] 5d Wading bird related to lapwings [6] 25d The ---- Mile; 1999...
Good morning all - very nippy down our way, has been over the past 3-4 mornings - fancy going away for a long weekend camping this weather brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !! not likely !! Happy to report we were...