Infusion (n): A hot or cold drink made by soaking a bag of herbs, tea leaves or fruit pieces in boiling water. May be flavoured with honey or other substances.

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Berry (n): A small fruit, often circular in shape, juicy or multi-seeded, with fleshy pulp. Many berries are grown or foraged as food crops while others can be extremely poisonous.

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In the summer, we rather joyfully visited the world’s best shop. It would be possible for any games, puzzle or model enthusiast to spend their life savings in here, so the enjoyment was somewhat tempered by the need to ensure that we would leave still possessing the necessary funds to feed ourselves for the rest of the month. Alright, that’s an exaggeration, but not actually a very big one.

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Puzzle-solving of all kinds is a major leisure activity for the management of this blog. And, having finally cracked a particularly awkward local puzzle cache after several months of trying, it’s time for a new challenge.

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As any fule kno… biscuits are key to clinching business deals.

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A glorious story from The Telegraph about six Maasai tribesmen running the London Marathon in order to raise the funds to provide their village with clean water. Quite clear what they’ll be doing with said water – boiling it up, of course.

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Get him a nice cup of tea…

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Great story on the BBC News site today about passengers stranded on the London Eye for… wait for it… a whole hour on Easter Monday. During which they were reportedly ordered to crack open emergency fluid, blankets and portable toilets. Declare a national emergency!

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