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Hello, Elle!
Rickie is leading the tournament, so far.
Yes, my son likes the golf.
He is a fan of Rickie, too.
Mind you, everybody seems to take to Rickie!
I read about Jake Wightman on Twitter.
Laura Muir and others were Tweeting their delight for him.
He looks very young!
Was Jonathan Edwards doing the athletics?
I have only seen him doing skiing and cycling.

Good morning, Rusty!
We have yet another lovely day here - a bit fresher this morning!
Jake Wightman is only 22........his fellow countryman, Charlie Grice is 23.
Both look to have a good future ahead of them as middle -distance runners..
Jake ran that race brilliantly, and was up against some of the really big names.
You asked about Jonathan Edwards?
I don't think I ever saw a presenter?
But then I did miss the beginning, so I cannot say for sure whether or not Jonathan was there?
Steve Cram and Stuart Storey were commentating throughout.
Doesn't it seem strange without Brendan?
What do you have planned for today?

Good morning, Elle!
I have no plans today and that is pleasing.
I can do as I choose.
I shall watch the golf later.
I've finished my puzzle and found it fairly tricky today.
I am off to the shop now to get some Madeira cake.

Hi, Rusty!
It is good that you have a day of leisure to do just as you please!
That sounds like good organisation on your part!
I have done some household chores and now have some email letters to write.......after which it will be no doubt be time for another dog walk!
There are never enough hours in the day!
Now.....I have a clue for you from the QC.
8d: Two similar animals in London road? (4,3,4)
( I warn you, you won't like it! I shall probably be able to hear your shout of outrage from here!
And I didn't even know it myself! I had to guess, then check it out....)
Have a go?

Hello, Elle!
My day to myself just "happened"!
No organisation at all!
Now, your clue will be beyond me.
I would only know the odd London thoroughfare.
I learned Threadneedle Street recently.
I do not suppose there is a "Cats and Dogs Avenue" anywhere is there?
Though cats and dogs are not similar.
We have a "Peep o' Day Lane" here, which is a name I like!
There is a big agricultural show on tomorrow in a village near by.
I always liked seeing the huge Shire horses at it.
They are noble creatures!

Hi, Rusty!
Well, you are vaguely on the right lines with "cats and dogs"!
The answer is "frog and toad" which (apparently) is Cockney rhyming slang for "road"!
"London" presumably was put there as an indication!!
(I told you, you wouldn't like it! You are allowed a howl of anguish!)
I have written three letters, duly dispatched by email , so am gradually catching up on my back log.
And then my younger daughter rang ( she has the afternoon off to go to a school assembly) so we were talking for ages!
Shall you go to the agricultural show?
There is an event up at Crystal Palace Park tomorrow - I think a dog show and various stalls and events - I don' t know much about it.

Hello, Elle!
Actually, when I think about it, the horses may have been Clydesdales.
When my boys were young we never missed a year at the show.
It was a great day out.
Now, I am perplexed with "frog and toad".
I can see "toad" rhyming with road, but where does "frog" fit in?
What does "frog" rhyme with?
Tottenham Court Toad. Would that be it?
It is really very silly, surely?
My pal, Terry, is a Londoner, and he talks very plainly and we all understand him.
No frogs and toads with him.
Talking of toads, how is your poorly toe getting on now?

Elle may be out with the dog.
As several of the regulars on here already know my paternal grandfather was a true cockney (born within the sound of Bow bells) and the rhyming slang (and butchers' back slang) was part of my ancestry in that side of the family.
Most (not all) of the slang works as 2 or 3 words = one normal word eg
whistle and flute = suit
apples and pears = stairs
dog and bone = phone
frog and toad = road
Here endeth the lesson

Hi jazzy
Do you know the origin of "drum" for the place one lives in? It sounds like it ought to be rhyming slang, but an interested friend and I haven't been able to pin it down. The only 3-word drum phrase that springs to mind is "fife and drum", and that would put the rhyming word used in the wrong place!

Hi Chris
As far as I know drum for house is not rhyming slang.