Sunday, 22 February 2026

Homemade Pastis #4

The last stage of my first attempt at making pastis today - bottling.

Friday, 20 February 2026

Fornham All Saints Snowdrop Walk

Joyce is away at the moment and this week it was my turn to lead a walk for the group.

Weekend Quick Cryptic 149 - 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 Phil '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 149 - by Phil Jordan

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 Phil's turn, Number 149 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.  

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Seedlings

Dawn has been planting some seeds of tomato, chilli pepper and sweet pepper.

Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Friday, 6 February 2026

The 16th Elysian Winter Beer Festival

It was a bit of a spur-of-the-moment thing as I decided to go only last night, but today I had a trip to Ely for my second (and last) Winter Beer Festival of this winter.

Weekend Quick Cryptic 148 - 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 my 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.