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.
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 143 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 I did my longest walk since August - a circular walk from the Old Hall Cafe near Reydon to Southwold and back.
It being forecast to be rather wet yesterday, I planned on doing another batch of gin.
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.
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 my turn, Number 142 in the series, entitled "For the Benefit of All", which is a clue to the theme.
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 we had a return visit to The Great War Huts just outside Hawstead, which we last visited in July 2023 (see here).
The Times has been running this intersting variant on Wordle for a while now. The idea is that you get a question and every time you enter an answer that's wrong (or just click "Give me a hint") you get another hint to the answer, with the hints getting easier and easier, up until a fourth hint. I believe it is outside the Times paywall, so this link hould work for all. I've been doing it every day and particularly enjoy it when there is quirky question like today's. A previous favourite is "What word, when typed into google, makes your screen go wonky?"View the whole post find the answer to that and to today's question, but have a go at that yourself first.
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.
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 141 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.
This is the solution to my Trick or Treat crossword for this year's Sloggers and Betters event in York. You can find the crossword here.
This weekend was the annual get together of crossword bloggers and setters in York, (the official title of the event as seen in the title of this post is, of course, a Spoonerism), organised by John Henderson. You can read about last year's event here. I first came in 2018 and this was my 6th visit.
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.
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 140 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.
We've got some more goodies from the garden. Here is Dawn contemplating my Joy of Pickling book.
Look where we were this afternoon! The audience was still filtering in as I took this photo - it was a sellout.
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.
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 my turn, Number 139 in the series, entitled "The Bells", which is a clue to the theme.
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.
This is what Dawn picked today.
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Update: The site is fully working on its usual URL timesforthetimes.co.uk now
We have been busy. Both Dawn and I have been in the kitchen and this is the result.
While I was in Norfolk yesterday this is what Dawn harvested from the garden and greenhouse. These are the cayenne peppers.
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.
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 138 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.
We retuned home from our holiday in the West Country yesterday to find our crops of tomatoes, chillis and sweet peepers had been well attended to by Laura and Laurence when they house sat for us last week.
This week we have had a second week in Cornwall, this time based in Falmouth.
We have been away from home for over a week and had a lovely time in and around St. Austell, including, as you can see, visiting the Eden Project.
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.
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 137 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.
It's that time of year again and I was able to make several visits to the East Anglian Beer and Cider Festival in Bury St. Edmunds cathedral.
Tonight we wen to our first concert at the Hunter Club for a while to hear a young up and coming saxophone player, Alex Clarke, play with the house band.
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.
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 my turn, Number 135 in the series, entitled "Chocomania", which is a clue to the theme.
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.
Last night I returned from a regular visit to Southwell with the St. Michael's Singers. We were in residence at Southwell Minster and provided the music for four Evensongs, a lunchtime concert, and a sung Eucharist.
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.
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 135 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.
Last year (see here) we all visited the Bridge of Allan Highland Games and enjoyed it so much we said we must go again this year... and here we are!
Today we a had a meeting of local relatives at Kirsty and David's in Bridge of Allan. It was great to see everyone.
Today we had a day for touring from Bridge of Allan. I thought it would be nice to visit the Fife coast and David suggested a circular route that would take us towards Edinburgh and then across the new Queensferry crossing to Fife.
We are up in Bridge of Allan staying with Kirsty and David for a few days, including a clan gathering on Saturday and the Bridge of Allan Highland Games on Sunday.
For the last few days we have had Dawn's sister Jilly and her husband Ian visiting us.
This afternoon, as we had done last year (see here), Tim and I visited the Artefact Brewery Beer Festival for a few beers.
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.
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 134 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.
This morning Ethan took us to the pretty village of Welburn for a short walk of about 3.5 miles.
Today I distilled my first batch of gin for nearly a year. Read about my last one, in August 2024, here.
Dawn has harvested a few onions which had stopped growing, so I thought I'd pickle all the small ones.
Today we reached O in our alphabet of walks for the year with an 8 1/2 mile walk from Old Newton.
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.
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 my turn, Number 134 in the series. The title "See-Saw to Arkansas" is a clue to the theme. Can you identify the theme and find all the thematic words in the clues and completed grid?
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 we had a day out on safari... in Norwich! It was also N in our alphabet of walks.
