Andy Horton

Make it at home for cheaper…

Welcome to my world of “try to not explain my T shirt to Anne’s mum while making her think I’m explaining my T shirt”.

And so much rich source material in history. Events, characters…

2nd in quiz. Some good answers pushed us to the head of field chasing a runaway and deserved win by our rivals The Regulars.

65 days to Christmas sign.

Yesterday. 64 now…

Wall planters, planted with wintercpansies, and a bowl of newly-planted cyclamen.

Planters ready for winter, with pansies and cyclamen from Romford market.

Thanks, but these are a challenge. And a bigger deal as I know the guy who sets it these days.

Solid 7 days quiz this week.

Better job in quiz than last week. Solid second place.

Should be!

It happens. Come along and even the score sometime?

And there are lazy people like me who wouldn’t read the transcripts anyway.

Excellent inspiration there!

It was a hell of a ride.

Diaghilev’s Empire, by Rupert Christiansen. Excellently readable history of the Ballet Russes.

Jars of pickled chillies. Each one contains as well as chopped chillies one large one and a bay leaf.

Pickled the last chillies cropped from the garden this afternoon.

London at night, from the Millennium bridge.

I love this city.

Stage at the Globe theatre. A giant statue foot features.

Excellent visit to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre last night. First night of Troilus and Cressida, his cynical anti-war satire.

…”like tears in the rain”.

Why our Monday night crew is an anarcho-syndicalist FMing collective.

That was a great bit of knowledge!

I’m more selective. Don’t always get them. Skipping this year. Might go for the gingerbread AT-AT though.

I’m with you on that. Don’t feel any desire to get it when we have the perfectly good one from a few years back. Though they seem to be aiming at newer AFOLs.

LEGO reveals 41843 Family Christmas Tree and 10361 Holiday Express Train, the 2025 Winter Village set! - Jay's Brick Blog LEGO has finally revealed the 2025 Winter Village set, 10361 Holiday Express Train and a surprising new set, a massive 3,171-piece 41843 Family Christmas Tree! Both sets have a release date of 1 Octob...

Already have a winter village train. That tree’s incredible - but that price - ouch! jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-41...

For National Teddy Bear Day!

Alternative title: “Duck, you twat!”

Always happy to help.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the twat Robert Ford.

Ah, that Deluxe Traveller box set - that was the first version I owned. @stanth0rpe.bsky.social came up with a lot of the cool background and we’ll be co-GMing.