Hi everyone - please see this thread for the original info - https://tinyurl.com/2p87dttu - & many thanks for all the messages today :-) I'm afraid there's not much to add yet - we (Lynne's daughters...
Good morning everyone - and it’s the start of a long weekend here and the weather is just gorgeous… of course the roads are pretty busy, caravans, etc, but I’m staying put and spending it in the...
A decent start for me, with SIX out of seven in the main quiz (proving, no doubt, just how easy it is this week!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60685025 I thought that I was heading for total...
Here are todays shaded clues for you 50a. Each half or quarter of a folding backgammon board, a slab inscribed with laws, or a matrix of data arranged in columns and rows. (5) 54a. Item of furniture...
Good morning everyone - oh dear, our year is flying past at a ridiculous pace …..seems like only yesterday …..??? Now, an advance warning …..the results will be delayed on Monday morning …I have an...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 12a. Any one of the large arboreous woody plants with crowns forming a forests canopy, the frame of a saddle, or a foot-like device for preserving the shape of a...
Sorry about the late post tonight. I've been catching upon some sleep after not getting much last night, due initially to a slightly queasy tummy but mainly because of two of my cats taking it in...
Good morning everyone - rather gloomy this morning, rain and thunderstorms predicted, hopefully not about to be flooded as per QLD….goodness we have some extremes in this country !! A couple of odd...
Good morning everyone - a lovely sunny day here again, a light breeze and not too hot, just enough to keep the sun lovers happy - they haven’t had too good a summer so far, and it’s very nearly over....
A decent enough start for me this week, I think, with FIVE out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60508921 I scored a ‘middling’ THREE out of five in the junior quiz this...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 14a. Dramatic performance on stage, games or exercises taken for pleasure, activity of gambling or a triangle icon for initiating media. (4) 9d. Domino pip, a...
Good morning everyone - I do hope things have quietened down considerably for you all by now …the weather pics were fairly hair raising !! By contrast, we have another lovely sunny day with a slight...
It's Friday again. So, for those of us who've not got power cuts (and who still have roofs over our heads), it's quiz time again. I got off to a flying start in the main quiz this week, with the first...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 9a. Item collected in philately, a hallmark, or a block traditionally for impressing a design on a pat of butter. (5) 18d. Strip of arable land between furrows...
Good morning everyone - mild and sunny here, almost no wind and lovely to be outside ….only drawback is the weeds are growing like topsy !! Sorry, got sidetracked there for a while, better get my...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 27d. Animal’s petage, layer of paint or a garment such as a macintosh (4) 32 d. Word for a narrative such as a chronicle, fairytale, fable, legend or saga or...
It's Friday again! (I'm not sure how though, as it only seems like a couple of days have gone by since we were last here doing this!). I got off to a poor start this week, with a lowly THREE out of...
Good morning everyone - reasonable weather here, considering it’s summer, we have several days of warm and hopefully not humid or windy, coming up and it really should be most enjoyable …..fingers...
