BCD Meeting - Tintern

We chose Tintern for our summer meeting because of the beautiful views of the Abbey and with the hope that a summer date would give us beautiful sunshine and an extended day. How wrong could we be - thanks to the British weather most of us arrived in torrential rain. However jigging spirits can never be dampened and with a wide theme of 'Canals, Rivers and Lakes' there were plenty of 'wet' puzzles to complete. I spent most of the day with a group completing a very pretty WHSmith puzzle and by the time that was finished the weather had cleared enough for a quick walk to the Abbey. 

Bodleian Library miniature

It's always interesting to see which organisations want to be associated with Wentworth and which organisations Wentworth are happy to be associated with. I wasn't surprised to find a Wentworth puzzle during my tour of the Bodleian library in Oxford and quickly snapped it up. 

Time taken: 5 minutes 

Plumber collection continuing

So, I'm still ploughing my way through the large collection of puzzles I was given by a friend. Most have been complete which is good news as it means they can be sold on. I have had one disaster, which was missing 10 pieces, but the cut and quality was poor so it wasn't too much of a worry.  This chunk included an 'Impossipuzzle' which claim to be really difficult, but people shouldn't be put off by this. The 'Sprout' puzzle only took a day and there were clear areas to work on.