Cripes, for some reason I thought it was the end of May. Good job I looked at this thread today (not busy in the office!) otherwise I might have been late for the start. So I've actually got 2 weeks less for prepping, now. And with this bad weather things are just not getting done. Never mind, in the meantime I'm enjoying Roger Taylor's latest book - a good read as always. Last night I got to the bit where he's south of Greenland, so I opened the back door to make the kitchen freezing cold to make it all the more real....the dog was really hacked off! Anyway enough thread drift....