Reinterred: January 2025

Friday, 31 January 2025

Colchester Winter Beer Festival

Today I finished Dry January a day early to visit the Colchester Winter Ale Festival, as I had done last year (see here).

E is for Euston Walk

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.

Snowdrop Time

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.

Burns Night

As we always do on the 25th January, we had a Burns Night supper last night.

Weekend Quick Cryptic 121 - 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.

Weekend Quick Cryptic 121 - Some Hae Meat

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.

Sizewell 'B' Power Station Tour

Today 18 of us paid a visit to Sizewell 'B' Nuclear Power station for a guided tour.

D is for Dunwich Walk

Today we got to D in our alphabet of walks and did a circular walk from Dunwich via Walberswick.

Rendlesham Walk

Today we had a circular walk from Rendlesham village via Rendlesham Forest and Staverton Thicks.

Christmas Jigsaw

Kirsty and David sent us a jigsaw for Christmas. I did it tonight.

John's Walks 2024 Complete

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.

Sunday, 12 January 2025

Seville Orange Marmalade 2025 Edition

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.

C is for Cavenham Heath Walk

Today we had a lovely frosty linear walk from Icklingham to Mildenhall via Cavenham Heath.

Weekend Quick Cryptic 120 - 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.