Our roast chicken dinner on the 25th was surprisingly good. By which I mean that it was simply delicious. Was it surprising to have enjoyed it so much after not having had Christmas Dinner for what must be 12 years or more – probably not! I had planned to keep it simple and to do …
Category archives: Living
Well?
If all went well, you should be reading this on our zippy personal server. Are we going like the clappers now? Do let me know if things are not as they should be – from our end all is looking fine but you may well discover broken links and missing images we are not aware …
Mugwump
It is seriously disappointing that after having worked so hard recently to pull myself out of the doldrums, I find myself here once more with a fit of Advanced Mugwump. My knitting lies disregarded and I could scarce galvanise myself into producing lunch, which was only a simple reheating job. I guess it is difficult to …
Eggs not hatched
We were very wrong in expecting Part 5 of the GCHQ puzzle to have two questions, followed by a sixth part. In fact, Part 5 is the final part but consists of a whopping eleven puzzles, and they are more challenging than those that went before. These 11 are the answers that have to be …
The Game is On
Just when we thought that we were in a puzzle drought until next Spring, the BBC alerted us on Thursday to this little treat from the Director of GCHQ. “Game on,” we thought. Alas, we could not get the GCHQ server to play with us. That was OK, we have until 31st January to solve it. …
Flash, bang, no wallop
It was thundering and lightning again last night so we unplugged the router for safety’s sake and retired to bed with the lappie, to watch a film on Netflix. Spot the flaw in that plan. Fail. So, we stuck a pin in the pile of old DVDs and came up with The Blues Brothers; always …