Firstly may I apologise to all you wonderful listers for neglecting you recently. I have been tied up with other things. One of which will be revealed publicly as soon as possible. I hope to be back in full swing by the end of the week. Many thanks for all your kind mails asking me if I died and gone to Hawkesbury. The Xmas dinner was fantastic. Once again Mark and his staff did us proud. I will update the web pages as soon as possible. Can those who took pics let me have copies please. All the men in attendance were forced to wear a Xmas tie. Apologies to cousin Doug for forgetting to tell him he had to wear a shirt and special thanks to him for wearing the tie anyway. Mr and Mrs P and aunty Doreen stayed at Inglestone Farm and totally and unreservedly recommend it to all of you. Deatails will appear on the web pages soon. Copies of Off the Beaten Track are now available. Details to follow. Anonymous Anne has come up trumps again and another new book will appear on the web pages later this week ( as soon as Cousin Doug finds the time - should I have mentioned this to you Doug ??) more to follow Geoffro