Times for The Times Christmas Quickie 2024

After a 2 year gap, this year we once again have a Christmas Crossword with 29 members of the Times for The Times community each providing a clue.

The Family Start to Return for Christmas

When family members come to visit we get them to share their location via Google Maps so we can see their progress and be ready for them arriving.

A Swinging Christmas

Tonight our Christmas celebrations got started with what has become a regular outing...

Suffolk Energy from Waste Facility

Today we had an educational visit to Suffolk's Energy from Waste facility at Great Blakenham.

John's Walks 2024 Updated

 

I've done a further update to John's Walks 2024 to cover the rest of September, October, November and the start of December. It provides an index to all the walk blog posts so far this year. You can access it via the menu bar at the top of the page or the "John's Walks" section in the sidebar. I'll make one more update after the end of the year and will create and update John's Walks 2025i periodically during the coming year - every two or three months on average.

Thurston Walk

Today we had a circular walk from Thurston via the wonderful Tostock crochet Christmas decorations.

Weekend Quick Cryptic 118 - Solution

Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce our series of Quick Cryptic crosswords. We take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it's my turn. 

You can find a link to the crossword here and the answers below.  Did you find the Nina? Feel free to leave any comments or questions here as you would do on  TfTT .  You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here. 

Weekend Quick Cryptic 118 - You Better Watch Out

This time it is my turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 118 in the series. The title "You Better Watch Out" is a clue to Nina hidden in the completed grid. Can you find it?

You can try and solve the crossword interactively here on MyCrossword or here on crossword.info. As usual you can download a PDF to print which you can find here. Alternatively you can copy and print the image below. Comments and queries are welcome with the solution post (which also gives tips on some of the clues).  I will react to any comments or queries there as soon as I can. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here. 

RIP Charles Paterson

 

Today I had a long day driving to Boxgrove, near Chichester in West Suffolk for the funeral of my singing friend Charles and back again afterwards.

Jilly and Ian Visit Suffolk

For the last few days we've had Dawn's sister Jilly and brother-in-law Ian staying for the first time in several years. We've had a lovely time.