..best wishes for the New Year

There was going to be a cross-word this Christmas Day which has been produced by StJohn – one of our most regular contributors. Alas I have found it impossible to format it for the site and this will have to wait.

This is our fourth Christmas since the site was started and can I thank all who have made it possible. These include my son Robert and his wife Lucille for the technical infrastructure and the design, Paul Maggs for acting as the regular stand-in editor and for running our competitions, Peter the Punter (Peter Smith) for developing and managing many associated activities and his contributions, Sean Fear for his weekly slots and to the hundreds people who contribute daily to our discussions. Also thank you to the thousands of other other visitors.

I am hoping that RodCrosby will contribute to the thread later in the day with some of his political brain-teasers. Rod – if you are able to do this can you post a time below so we know when you will start.

Mike Smithson