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Hello, Elle!
Do you think the setter was eavesdropping on our conversation!
I had a chuckle when I saw it!
I have finished the puzzle.
A fine challenge today!
We have some old cobbled streets in town.
Hats off to the men who laid them.
Must have been back breaking work.
And the alignment is perfect!
Yes, set your daughter to work when she arrives!
Yes, the bike race is one of the Belgian classics.
A race for the "hard men" in the cycling world.
Should be very good to watch!
In the Paris-Roubaix race, the winner is presented with a cobblestone!

Message for Elle
In case you don't already know, the ITV schedules have been changed tonight.
The Voice will be screened at 7.OO pm (in place of the cancelled Ant & Dec show)

Hi, Rusty!
Our daughter and family have just left for home.
The little one was feeling very tired........ he has played hard!
She spent a lot of time working on my computer...and assures me that all should now be well.
The computer has had a good old revamp.........but do not ask me what she has done.......
I lost her after the first five minutes!
Oh, and she has inveigled me into taking an onliine course to learn about Windows 10!
I certainly could do with that!
(I was fine with Windows XP)
We had fun with the children.......and when we were all exhausted , we relaxed on the sofa and played "I Spy..."
What have you been up to?



Thank you, Jazzgirl....... that is most thoughtful of you .
I didn't know about the programme's change in schedule, and would have missed it without your timely warning.

Good evening, Elle!
You seem to have had a busy day!
And your daughter has fixed the computer.
Great! I think we could all do with a daughter like that!
I was out walking earlier, and have had a canny day.
No sign of Laddie yet.
Now, seeing as the film of the whale did not work for you, here's one to try, about our Tay dolphins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0mBHDInkQ

Hi, Rusty!
Wow, that was fantastic!
I have never seen so many dolphins at once...and continually leaping right up in the air!
And a white one?
I didn't think we had white dolphins in the UK?
I have seen dolphins "in the flesh", frolicking at Portland Bill, in Dorset, but have only managed to glimpse two or three.
A large pod like this is remarkable (for me, anyway)
Thank you for sending the clip!
It seems that I have "The Voice" to watch earlier than usual........
Things are hotting up in the competition......

Hello, Elle!
There are boat trips to see the dolphins.
I have never seen the white one, though.
They do well in the river, plenty salmon coming in from sea every day.
The final of Ireland's Got Talent is on this evening, but unfortunately Evelyn did not make the final.
I believe she sang a Dusty Springfield song but did not get voted into the final.
Yes, "The Voice" has been moved.

Hi, Rusty!
I am writing this in a advert break.....
My goodness, there is some great talent on "The Voice" !
I do not know how the judges make their decisions as to whom should stay...and whom should go....
It is sad to see those who are "dismissed" go home.
I loved Evelyn in the Ireland's Got Talent show!
Such a lovely lady, isn't she?
If the show were judged on "character" and "goodness", she would be a winner!
Break over.....back to "The Voice"......

Hello, Elle!
Evelyn was much better in her heat.
I really liked her doing "the Clowns".
She was "so-so" in the semi-final.
I only saw her singing, did not see the voting etc.
You appear to be having a whale of a time on "The Voice"!
I have put all my clocks forward.
Just the one in the car to do, and Monday will do for that one.
I take it the computer is going along nicely?

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, "The Voice " was good!
There is such a lot of talent .....
All the contestants have been assessed as good singers before they take part in the show.
So we - the viewers - do not get to see anyone who cannot sing well........it is just a question of how well?
There was one guy tonight who sang "City of Stars " from "La-La Land"....which made me think of you.
You never said how you enjoyed your DVD?
A good idea to alter all your clocks now, rather than later and keep an eye on the "new" time!.......
We shall miss an hour's sleep tonight.... so better go to bed "earlier".
What time are you are off to the Pine Cone with the girls?
Yes, the computer seems ok so far......

Hello, Elle!
Is it the public who decide the winning singers on The Voice?
I have not watched my DVD yet.
I am hearing it was a dance troupe who won Ireland's Got Talent tonight.
I saw them in the heats and they were very good, but for me Diversity is still the best I have seen.
I'll have look at them, though, when it is up on YouTube.
Off at 11 tomorrow!