Stymied Advent Calendar #28: "A Gentle Handshake"

Or, "Ashridge in all its autumnal splendour"

Since December 2021, I have sent out 91 of these Stymies. The first one reached two people; the latest was sent to (somehow) over 700 of you. People are either very bored, or they share the same fascination with this daft game that I have sought to rekindle in this last year or so. Or perhaps a mix of those two factors.

In order to get some of the earlie…