wateroverstone

A general life update:

I’ve posted my latest Challenge on the Biggles Forum. If anyone wants to join in on the forum, then sign up and have fun with us. If you’re inspired to write something for AO3, then go for it. Please credit me (Kismet’s Challenge) and don’t post before Sunday 25th March, when everyone on the forum will post.

Copy of Kismet’s Challenge X

I'm using Fairblue's idea of writing a new tale to an existing title, and the title I have chosen, having heroically resisted certain ones, is Biggles, Charter Pilot.

Stories can be set in any time period and do not have to include Dr Duck et al. Just a situation where Biggles can be loosely (very loosely) referred to as a Charter Pilot.

There will be kudos if you mention within your story:
 Potato (es)
 A book title
 A decapod


I also propose a mini-competition. Mention ‘potatoes’ in as many ways as possible: metaphors, similes, idioms, varieties, recipes with a high potato content (eg hash browns, gnocci, stew) in your story. List each use at the end of your entry and we’ll see who gets the most potato references in.

Post anytime on Sunday 25th March 2023. Anything posted later: either in the usual fic sections of the Biggles forum or on AO3 with a shout out to the Challenge.

I’ve managed to complete my first Biggles Bingo Square, Chasing Butterflies. As expected, I’ve gone off piste.  It’s on AO3 here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45495409

I’ve accepted an offer on my house and the conversion I am hoping to move to is happening again. I cannot describe how exhausted, fed up and bored I am by the whole process. I think I’ll have lost about £30k between the first offer and the last thanks to the changes in the housing market over the last year, several lots of solicitors’ fees, estate agents fees and so on. I was hoping to end up with a cushion of cash once everything was paid for, but it looks as if debt-free is going to be as good as it gets.

Another cup of coffee, and I’ll see if the car starts. The battery doesn’t like cold weather, it’s been freezing here over the last few days and I’ve had to postpone my errands due to complete knackeredness. The sun has melted last night’s snow, but it will still be visible and beautiful on the tops. I might take my camera with me and see if the water in the harbour (next to the supermarket) is still brown. Lots of environmental types have been taking water samples and the best guess is that some old mine workings under the sea have collapsed, which may or may not be connected to a new structure being built.