Well, it’s that time of year again, when I challenge you to use knowledge or reason to identify an old photograph. Is there a climate link? Maybe, maybe not. It kinda depends on how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go.

I can’t remember how the points were allocated last year, but never mind; you will have to be the judge of whether your efforts have earned yourself a nice Christmas cocktail. This year, I am making Hemingways and Piña Coladas. With Cuban rum, of course. We’ll see how they go down. I would be interested to hear of Clisceppers’ Christmas tipple of choice.

The answer to the picture quiz will appear in a day or two.

In the meantime, season’s greetings to all. Things may seem bleak in the UK. We seem to be governed by people who do not have our best interests at heart, and I do not fling that accusation lightly. Their policies augur a slide towards still bleaker times; but all is not lost. As I may have mentioned, there is I think a Russian saying that translates as “Hope dies last.” Which is to say, however bad things are today, there is always the hope of a brighter tomorrow.

Here’s the challenge pic: