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Hello, Elle!
Yes, it is the horse's handicap.
But the Foxhunters is not a handicap.
Yes, Pacha has a good handicap mark so will get in, if there is a ballot.
Vic will not be be the only rider with limited experience, but the top amateurs will be there too.
The Foxhunters is the unofficial "amateurs Gold Cup" and will be fiercely competitive. Three and a quarter miles, 22 tough fences, up hill and down dale. An excellent test!
The Voice is OK, not my thing though.
Oh for a Bing!

Hi, Rusty!
What a beautiful afternoon it has been! I don't think the weather forecast was correct - it is now feeling very much warmer than 5C! but then the sun today is very strong.
Lovely out!
There will never be another Bing, Rusty!!
Bing is insurpassable!
I will stake my (non -existent) fortune on there never being another singer of his calibre.
Michael Holliday (aka Norman Alexander Milne) had a good shot at it, but fell by the wayside....... I enjoyed his "The Story of My Life", but he was never ever "another " Bing!
I shall now sit and relax and watch "The Voice"!
There are one or two singers there that I should like to see go through to the next round.

Rusty, Elle, Pigalle... an old friend (!) popped up in today's Sunday Times cryptic crossword.
10 A Fashionable but not central part of London (6).

With respect to the clues we've suffered this week, here's one from me...

1 A. Spooner challenges mountain in Glasgow location (8).

Hi Malone,

Have not worked out your own clue yet, but 10A is familiar - I am sure we had it not that long ago - and for once I remember the answer !

Pigale, I would be delighted if you got the answer to my clue, but it is very unlikely!

Yes, got 10A, Malone!
I shall have to think about the other one.....

Good luck, Elle - though you might not need it!

Malone, I have an answer for the Glasgow one, but...
The spelling is different?
Unless I am up the Crow Road again!

Rusty, it could be my clue that's faulty! I hope my attempt worked - the answer is Bearsden, to Spooner it would have been Dares Ben, challenges mountain.

For those of you who've never heard of Bearsden, it's a suburb of Glasgow - it's bigger than Acton!

That's what I thought, Malone.
But, Bearsden would be Daresben for Spooner.
Not quite the same?