Founder of housing charity Restore, Owner digistories, Christian Pilgrim, Cyclist (I stop at red), runner, walker, retired BBC Journalist. Opinions my own (but you’re welcome to share them)
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Last Notes npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,752 5/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Spoken in the past #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,740 5/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 If I was, would I be addicted to #Wordle? #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,730 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good ones essential for progress #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,728 3/6* ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Enjoyed fish and chips in Filey this lunchtime. #oldgal https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/223/364/688/236/748/original/d9bf2caca537af93.png npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,726 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Long search for Edward #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,725 2/6* 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Something fishy going on by winning in two #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,721 X/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 I offered three real words only to be defeated by a bit of slang. #oldgal (no hope bettering her today) npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson 👏👏👏 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,683 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not too dim today #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,674 4/6* 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oh🤷🏼 #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson I’ve just noticed the #oldgal doesn’t play in hard mode. We need a level playing field 📣 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,672 5/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Should have been faster #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson Is that because it rhymes with mumbo jumbo 🤣 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,669 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It might be in the dictionary but it’s bypassed my mind until today #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,668 4/6* ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 You judge … #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,664 2/6* 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It was … #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson if the clock struck 12 the rodent would have had a headache 🐭🤣 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,663 3/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 By extension this reminds me of a nursery rhyme about a mouse at one o’clock #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson Wordle 1,658 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Must be true … #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,656 4/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blue lights #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,653 4/6* ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Powerful calling if you aspire to it #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,652 5/6* ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A series of uninspired guesses followed a chance which saved by streak. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,649 3/6* 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Loved those days of razor blades and splicing tape #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,646 5/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ll snuggle up and keep warm against the cold reality of five attempts to find the solution. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,644 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Only one of three #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,636 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I often do but not today #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,634 5/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle mocked me today - first line confidence evaporated as my solutions were rejected line by line #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,632 2/6* ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Just whistle a happy tune 🎵 #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,629 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cause of a mania in 17th century. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,626 4/6* ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That left a stain. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,621 5/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Inadequate - I thought this word had been used before or I would have used it sooner #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,620 2/6* ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It doesn’t matter how much you do it, I’ll still gloat 🥹 #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,615 5/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dug a hole for myself #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,612 3/6* ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I got a grip today #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,608 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mainly green and yellow #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,598 3/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Alarming #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,594 3/6* ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solved in 3 - Is this a turning point? #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,587 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Is wordle boring? #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,497 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Really Wordle? Whose are you? #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,479 3/6* 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 On a high #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,465 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Unusual one today #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,461 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s a strange one. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,460 X/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 If I’d had one I would have known which of four words I should fit into three lines. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,458 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trivial pursuit #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson You take the top prize for inspirational verse. Thank you. npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,454 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Foxed by this one #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson 👏👏👏 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,453 3/6* ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 An answer for the British side of the pond, to redress yesterday’s solution #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,452 X/6* ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 No shame when it’s the description of something sticky known only in America. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,446 3/6* 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s enough #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,445 4/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Perhaps istration would complete this word? #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,439 3/6* ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The opposite couldn’t have been further away #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,426 6/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I often wonder why Wordle uses a 5x6 grid rather than 5x5 - days like this make me thankful of the extra line. #oldgal npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson I can’t decide if you just have a different way to play the game or if it’s just little bit of cheating 😂 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson #Wordle 1,272 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Struggled to land this one npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson 👏👏👏 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson 👏👏👏 npub150d5606guv3f7fw09ff0mxwc6ezdx9x2g4kwl4ykvxd55lytlpuspqdsu8 Barrie Stephenson They say silence doesn’t work on the radio but the 72” silence at the end of BBC Radio 4 Today programme was utterly moving. The station fell silent to remember the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire 7 years on the day the final report of the public enquiry is published. Well done BBC, it was eerily quiet. @npub13cg…ck4q @npub1u6z…c0h0 @npub1xuv…78fu