Ickworth Estate Walk and House Tour

Today's day out was close to home and very familiar territory - The  Ickworth Estate.

Colchester Winter Beer Festival

Today I took a train ride to Colchester for the Colchester Winter Beer Festival.

Starling Murmuration at Lackford Lakes

It was a lovely afternoon for it so today we took a short trip to Lackford Lakes to see if we could see the murmuration of starlings that has been said to be so good this year.

Oxburgh Hall - Snowdrop Time

This morning we took a trip to the Oxburgh Estate near Swaffham in Norfolk as it is renowned for its display of snowdrops. We last visited it in the summer (see here).

Weekend Quick Cryptic 147 - Solution

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

You can find a link to the crossword here and the answers below.  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 147 - by Sawbill

Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce our series of Weekend Quick Cryptic crosswords. We take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it is Sawbill's turn, Number 147 in the series. 

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.  

Wells-Next-the-Sea Day Out

Today we had a day trip to the North Norfolk coast.

Spanish Style Goat's Cheese

Yesterday I had a go at making some more cheese - some Spanish style goat's cheese this time.

When Numbers Turn Nasty

Yesterday I joined a U3A Online talk entitled "When numbers turn nasty" - an intriguing title and I wasn't disappointed.

John's Walks 2025 Updated

 

I've  done a final update to the page John's Walks 2025, which you can access via the menu bar at the top of the page or the "John's Walks" section in the sidebar to include all walks this year so far. John's Walks 2025 provides an index to all the walk blog posts last year.