Today I finished Dry January a day early to visit the Colchester Winter Ale Festival, as I had done last year (see here).
Today I finished Dry January a day early to visit the Colchester Winter Ale Festival, as I had done last year (see here).
Today we reached E in our alphabet of walks with a linear walk from Euston back to the church at Ingham where we had parked our cars.
After seeing a few snowdrops at Great Barton Church the other day and more by the River Linnet at Ickworth House yesterday, today we did our annual pilgrimage to see the snowdrops at Anglesey Abbey.
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.
This time it is my turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 121 in the series. The title "Some Hae Meat" is a clue to topical theme. Can you find the thematic answers in the 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.I've done a final update to John's Walks 2024 to cover the rest of December. It provides an index to all the walk blog posts of the 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 will create and update John's Walks 2025 periodically during the coming year - every two or three months on average.
It's that time of year again. Last Saturday I picked up 2lb Seville oranges for £1.80 at the market and yesterday I finally got round to turning them into marmalade.
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.
This time it is Sawbill's turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 120 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 was the first Thursday of the month today and time for the first Bury St. Edmunds U3A Longer Walks Group walk of 2025.