Monday, October 13, 2025

Climbing, world-building and light entertainment.

1. Of course it's nice to see her touch the top hold on the bouldering wall -- but even better is to see her return to a puzzle that stumped her before.

2. I had forgotten the wonder in the world-building of The Colour of Magic, the first of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. The series became a lot more human -- and the better for it -- but I would have loved to read more about the Dehydrated Ocean, and the light dams, and Tethis the sea troll.

3. Cosy under a huge crimson blanket we watch Celebrity Traitors and later we will move upstairs to hear how Irene Adler outmanoeuvres Sherlock Holmes.

Squashes, garden and finale.

1. We've enjoyed our box of squashes -- large and small, globes, oblates, onions and ribbed, and all the colours between lantern orange ...