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Hello, Elle!
There seems to be rain about, but not here, so far.
Your Bromley market sounds like it would be worth a visit?
I did my crossword earlier today.
13a is to do with your favourite sport, cricket!
Had my son here earlier.
We watched a bit of the golf from Florida.
Fine weather there, too!

Hi, Rusty!
It has been raining persistently here for quite a while - at least it is beneficial for our newly purchased plants ( which we have yet to plant/ repot) - a job for tomorrow!
Yes, the Continental Market was well worth a visit in that it was an interesting display of variable goods - but hardly at realistic prices!
I think it was more suitable for the tourist trade (but in Bromley, though?) than for the average shopper!
I looked..... and admired....... but didn't buy!
I managed to do 13a, but only because of the crossers and the fact that I could see the two requisite parts of the body!
But I do not know what "leg slip" means?
It is good that you and your son enjoyed the golf!



Hello, Chris!
Sorry to hear you are displeased with the outcome of "Masterchef"!
But as I have never seen the programme and know nothing whatsover about it, other than commiserating with you for your disappointment in the results, I cannot really help with any advice or criticism!
I know what a keen cook you are.......this has obviously hit home!

Hello, Elle!
I only know that leg slip is a cricketing term.
But what it means I do not know.
My son brought me a silverside meal from the butcher.
I am very pleased.
Be for tea tomorrow.
We get Continental markets here, but I do not know if they are any good or not.
I am happy with ASDA.
There was a large alligator on the golf course enjoying the sun.

Hi, Rusty!
I decided to look up "leg slip" in Chambers....but apart from being told it is a fielding position ( which even I guessed), I am not much the wiser.......it is beyond my comprehension.
I am three - quarters way through the 15 x 15, but abandoned it in favour of Miss P's adventures.........
I should finish reading "The Hills is Lonely" before bedtime.
I have really enjoyed it!
Has your Second Hebridean Omnibus arrived yet?

Hello, Elle!
My book is not here.
It was ordered and paid for on 30 April.
I will email Julie tomorrow.
Could be Royal Mail though, which is slow, and not Julie.
I know some cricketing terms but not what they mean.
You need them for crossword solving!
I am pleased you and Miss Peckwitt are getting on fine!
And the Omnibuses represent good value, too.

Hey, Rusty!
Right....I have now finished Miss P's first chronicle of adventures!
I thought it was very good........very amusing and I had many a chuckle , both out loud and to myself.
I can see though why her popularity might have waned a little when the Islanders read her book.......
For instance, she speaks of her welcome back to Bruach (after her visit to England) as "the geniality of the Gael, despite its lack of sincerity, is an endearing trait".
Not perhaps the most tactful way of expressing her sentiments!
I loved the Wedding!
And the description of the crushed eggshells and the semolina was hysterical!
The next volume is "The Sea for Breakfast" where Miss Beckwith buys her own croft.
I hope your book turns up soon.
I have Mac's autobiography still to come.

Hello, Elle!
She is some dame to speak of "lack of sincerity"!
She has sincerely forgotten to mention her husband in her books.
If my memory is right, the croft she bought was on the Isle of Soay, not far from Elgol.
Soay was also the home of Gavin Maxwell, the author, for a while.
He set up a shark fishing business there, but it foundered eventually.
I am not sure if there are any inhabitants on Soay these days.
Eggshells make great confetti!
And she is very critical of the local girls choosing red and blue colours to wear?
I do not understand that criticism, at all.

The slips are the fielders behind the wicket to catch balls too far away for the wicket keeper, usually hit off the side of the bat. Mostly they are in the "off" position but can be in the "leg" position on the other side. Which side these are depends on the handedness of the batsman.

Good morning, Rusty!
A somewhat damp start to the morning.....although a watery sun is making an appearance now that I am home again.
Have you been out yet for your paper?
Now, Miss P....
I have been doing a little research and it seem her books are described as "semi"- autobiographical, so I guess she has some licence in what she tells us.
You are perfectly correct in saying that "in real life" she and her husband moved to the Isle of Soay and thereby bought a croft......
But I have just begun reading Book Two, and in that she says that she (a middle -aged spinster on her own) bought a cottage and croft fairly nearby Morag's establishment - just outside the village and still on the Isle of Skye!
We shall have to enjoy the tales without worrying too much about their authenticity, I think!
We are invited out for coffee this morning......we are going to visit our (ex) neighbour who is now living with his daughter.


Thank you, Ros.
I should like to say that I now understand...but to be honest, despite your kindly taking the trouble to explain, I am not very much the wiser!

Good morning, Elle!
No rain here for weeks.
The ground at the cemetery was bone dry yesterday.
I still think it odd about Miss Peckwitt's invisible husband.
But, the tales are good and as I have said, I first came across Miss P decades ago and assumed that most of what she wrote was accurate, and I enjoyed them then and now.
I did mean to let you know that recently the Wee Frees had a dispute in their ranks and some broke away to start afresh.
They are now known as the Wee Wee Frees.
Hope you get on fine at your old neighbours.
Take along a packet of biscuits for a wee strupach.