Xmas rambling

[watervole]

 Xmas presents all sorted.

Four were donations to charity.  Two board games, a batch of second-hand books, one membership (and budget) for the local scrapstore (which sells donated craft items and tries to keep all kinds of stuff from being thrown away), one budget for audiobooks,  two new items that people actually needed and only one item that falls more into the 'x would like it', rather than 'x really needs it'.  (It was a request)

Basically, an aim to keep most gifts either second-hand, charitable, or things with low environmental impact.

For many years now, part of our Xmas tradition has been my friend Adrian's Xmas quiz.  We usually print out several copies and let each branch of the family tackle their copy as a team.  Richard and I usually have a copy each.

They need good general knowledge, but the clue's are usually gently cryptic (ie. doable by someone who can't cope with real cryptic crosswords, but need a think about possible multiple meanings)

If anyone would like to try some of his quizzes from previous years, here's a link - http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/quiz.htm

 

Each quiz has it's own theme - eg. Birds/colours/fruit, so once you're a few answers in, you can make better guesses at the remaining clues.

 

We haven't had a quiz from him yet this year.  I hope he's okay.  I may give him a phone call if my voice isn't too rough.  He's an old friend and cheerfully eccentric - which is often the best kind of friend :)