Downton Abbey Easter Special

Gorgeous morning for a stroll around the grounds.

Easter egg hunt. Clues below to either remind me to do different ones next year or see if I can get away with a repeat.

Gym session which validated Carl's skepticism at my view that the 2nd one couldn't possibly be worse than the first. Apparently it is a particularly bad sign if it starts to hurt before the session has ended.

Cinema with Anna to see Boss Baby which was funny and entertaining and just the right length.

And now catching up on Dr Who and attempting to stay awake.

Lesley x


1. The colour always seems to fox
Brown or blue?
It's in the ___

2. You started strong
In the hall
Let's hope this one won't be your ________

3. Of all the ones
You'd think top would be A
But as it happens
The best is _

4. Let sleeping dogs lie
We always said
But that's a problem
When it's under her ___

5. This clue is hard
So I'll give you a hint
If it isn't strawberry
It must be ____

6. Now you've grown
You can look higher
I hope it doesn't melt
Inside the _____

EDIT: should probably include the answers in case I can't figure them out in a year's time...

1. Box on hall table which is a constant source of dispute over whether it is brown (wrong) or blue (correct)

2. Downfall the game

3. K as in Special K. Incidentally a cereal we have in on occasion. I had made an assumption that now was such an occasion and fortunately, due to the proximity of lots of shops, it was and only caused a short delay to the start of the hunt.

4. Albi's bed.

5. Mint, as in toothpaste. Anna has a strong aversion to mint toothpaste (despite being a fan of the herb and mint choc chip ice cream) so we have both strawberry and mint flavoured toothpastes.

6. Drier, as in tumble. Took a long time to work out which probably correlates with how much laundry features in their lives.