Hi Listers As the Pond Dipper is suffering from a lack of a PC and severe withdraw symtoms, and Mrs Dipper from being chased around the house? it has fallen on me to give you a report on the Hawkesbury Historical Society meeting we attended last night, or rather didn't attend , we did take our seats to listen to a lecture, one the Pond Dippers favorite subjects BEDs when we were informed that the subject was the Bristol Aircract company instead, so after a long disscusion on should we retire to the Beaufort for a pint we went to Tresham in search of a Church or Chapel ( Mrs Dippers Idea said the fresh air was good for him) so off we went. On arrival in Tresham which is a very small Hamlet we spotted a church, its almost impossable to see from the road with one of the best kept graveyards we have seen, the goods news is there are lots of very interesting burials there with all the usual Hawkesbury names the Dipper will fill you in with the details when he is back on line which according to Lady Dipper can't be soon enough!. After our surprise find at Tresham the Pond Dippper sugested we celebrate with a pint at the Beaufort so we went to find the church at Little Badminton instead, not only did we find it, it has a big graveyard for the size of the village? it was about 9 pm by this time and the sun was getting low, the sight of these three strange figures walking around the headstones prompted a local man ( Mr Viner) came out to make sure I wasn't doing any grave robbing, after we had convinced him of our true reasons for being there, and the spade was for any rare botanical species we my encounter for the Dippers collection, he went back to his cottage and returned with a plan of the burials which included some very well known family names including one that Dave( Benson) Hedges has been looking for, more I cannot say at this point, Mr Viner was very helpfull and is a key holder for the church, to which the famous five will return. At long last we did make it to the Beaufort for a long awaited pint and a bag of salted nuts, where we tried not to mention computors as this would only only induce fits of deppresion, the sight of a grown man crying in his beer is not a pretty one. with a bit of luck the Dipper will be back on line today, watch this space. regards Thr Grave Robber.