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 Sawbill's turn.
This time it is Sawbill's turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 117 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.
Today, as we had done last year (see here), we paid a visit to the Stowmarket Christmas Tree Festival in St Peter and St Mary's Church, Stowmarket and followed it with a walk.
Today we had a lovely late autumn walk starting and ending in Suffolk, but mostly in Essex.
Today is Beaujolais Nouveau Day and I've collected my 6 bottles of 2024 Beaujolais Nouveau from Domaine Pardon et Fils from Majestic Wine this morning
Today we did a linear walk along the Orwell River side of the Shotley Peninsula from Shotley Gate back to the Suffolk Food Hall.
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 Phil's turn.
This time it is Phil's turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 116 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.
No walk with Joyce this week as she is busy 'arts and crafting'. Instead, some of the group tagged along with Alicia's Cambridge Rambling Club walk from Mayday Hide.
While Dawn was our crafting today, I started brewing my beer for next month's festive season.
Dawn is off to a crafting day tomorrow so I thought I'd make some of these biscuits again for her to take to share.
Remembering our lovely holiday in Northumberland last year, today I attempted to recreate the soup we had for lunch at The Ship in Low Newton on our walk from there back to Craster via Dunstanburgh Castle (see here).
Today it was Sheila's turn to lead the walk for the U3A Bury St Edmunds Longer Walks Group.
Today we had a leisurely stroll around Cambridge and lunch and a lunchtime concert at Newnham College.
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.
This time it is my turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 115 in the series. Entitled "Slogging and Betting" it was compiled for last weekend's Sloggers and Betters gathering in York and has a number of thematic answers. Can you find them?
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.
