Archive for the 'Holidays' Category
Hey, it’s a Bank Holiday here in the UK, which means only one thing - yes, a supercharged cryptic crossword from master-setter Araucaria from the Guardian. So there goes the weekend!
Just back from a few days in the Alps turning from beginner to improving snowboarder. I had a couple of big wipe outs: one was an elegant somersault and the other left me poleaxed and needing rescuing by handsome Italians and a snowmobile.
So I apologise to everyone if I’m not quite feeling myself this week, it did knock the stuffing out of me. And I can’t WAIT to go back! Am persuading younger brother (author of the fantastic Tozzer strip) to come with me next year.
Here are me and some of my family (Susie, Graham and George) at the New Years bash at the Hyatt in Sharm el-Sheikh. Fantastic chance to dress up, and it’s the first time I’ve gone out on a proper New Year’s bash for more than a decade! But as I’d just finished a mammoth collaboration with Lenna in Spain using text messages to finish this year’s devilish Guardian puzzle, I thought I deserved it … !
