Alphabet associations - I

[Angle]

All is well, Mercia. You did it easily.

[Norfolk Born]

Let's try Mountain Sylph (Barnett's whatsit) and the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg/Ibsen) for starters.

[Norfolk Born]

...St. John's Night (23/24 June) on the Bare Mountain.

[mercia]

thanks Angle and good morning
how's the Mersey today?
is it a clean river?
a colleague of mine who comes from that part of the world told me that her husband's first job as a school-leaver was working on the Mersey ferry, and that there was an initiation ceremony involving him being thrown into the river

[Norfolk Born]

Celestial Mountains in Act 4 of VW's Pilgrim's Progress.

[Angle]

M=Mountain
Barnett's metisella - Mountain Sylphs
Bunyan Act 4 - Vaughan Williams . Act IV set in the Delectable Mountains
Leni's debut - Riefenstahl's Der Heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain) 1926 presumably her first film
Noyes Elgar - The Pageant of Empire - The Blue Mountains
One of Henrik's - In the Hall of the Mountain King
23 June with witches - Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain

[mercia]

Celestial Mountains in Act 4 of VW's Pilgrim's Progress.

celestial wasn't quite mine, but I'll let you have that

[Norfolk Born]

That's 'M' all done and dusted, then.

[Angle]

a lot of typing in that, mercia

[mercia]

er, yes, well done one and all
(Riefenstahl's debut in front rather than behind the camera)
don't know why I thought that would cause headaches

I think in all fairness Ofcachap should set the next one if you're in agreement Angle?

[Angle]

Agreed.

The Mersey is said to be clean but it doesn't often look it to me. At least, it is not nowadays full of raw sewage and it doesn't smell rotten, as it used to. After reading about the initiation ceremony, I am rather pleased that is never entered my head to be a ferryman.

It's a lovely day.

[Norfolk Born]

I suppose it's possible that Angle had worked out all 6 answers while I was posting my 4 (I was about to add the Noyes 'Blue Mountains')? Recently, there seem to have been some changes to the basic protocol underpinning this thread, what with a question being set prior to confirmation of the correctness of the answer to the previous one, and solutions being offered or completed upon expiry of a unilaterally set deadline. Oh for the leisurely calm of the old days!
I hope to have an N ready by, say, 1400 hours BST.

[Angle]

Recently, there seem to have been some changes to the basic protocol underpinning this thread, what with a question being set prior to confirmation of the correctness of the answer to the previous one, and solutions being offered or completed upon expiry of a unilaterally set deadline.

http://www.for3.org/forums/images/icons/icon11.png That might be my fault, having indicated when I set L that if solved, people "should get on with it", ie., set the next puzzle.

I shall be happy to co-operate and not suggest that again.

Mercia's in the clear.

Three hours before the next set? Time for a period of normal life before returning. http://www.for3.org/forums/images/icons/icon7.png

[Angle]

I don't seem to have got the hang of icon insertion.

[Nick Armstrong]

I don't seem to have got the hang of icon insertion.

The easiest icons/smileys are those to the right of the typing box when you 'go advanced'....

As you get the hang of it, and learn that for example typing : then the word 'smiley' then another colon translates into the relevant

I've come up for air during a busy week and again have timed it wrong - no pending question. Just as well! I should be working....