Hi all, Well, after three weeks travelling California with my family, I have arrived back, safe and sound to good old 'Blighty', but what a great three weeks they have been!! California is a great place to be, I dare say that the rest of the USA is the same, I hope so!, but I must say that California and its people are wonderful, more than I could ever have dreamed. Before I went, I had this aweful impression of Americans as being loud, rich and obnoxious people, who could only be patronising and say "have a nice day"!!, this was changed somewhat since joining Roots Web Dutton, but how wrong I was, Americans are warm and friendly people that do say "have a nice day", but they really mean it. I am converted!! Seriously, in all of my 46 years, I have never had such a great time among such great people, thank you America. I will not bore you all with the details, but I must draw reference to Monterey. I was always lead to believe that this was a great place to visit and indeed it lived up to this repututation, however, I had the best ever upgrade, I met a Dutton there, wrong, I met four Duttons there!!! I cannot put into words what my heart told me when I first met John Dutton, (from Sacremento) his wife Jane, son William and grand-daughter Bonnie (hope this is spelled correctly), but it was like finding the 'Holy Grail'. John was all and more than I expected, he gave us his time to ensure that we all had a wonderful day. He has already told you that he took us for a drive along 17-mile-drive (WOW), he told you that he took us to Clint Eastwood's restaurant in Carmel for lunch (WOW WOW), what he didn't tell you was that he picked up the bill, what a gent. John and Jane will always be special in my life and I cannot wait to see them again, whether here or back in the USA, but I owe him one and he WILL collect!! Let's all look at the millenium, what a great time to get together, what's the chance of a Dutton reunion in 2000 (and Duntons Mike), over in the USA maybe, here in Cheshire if you can all aford it, be we owe it to one another to get together. Let's start planning and saving now, any ideas folks? That's all for now, I am still jet-lagged and tired out to write any more, but before I go, any requests from over the pond or beyond, is there anything that I can try to find out for you all. Regards for now and sincere love and best wishes to you all. Colin. (very contented - thanks America!!)