Really enjoyed your Orkney island epistle again, Bruce. Thanks for sharing! Sounds like you might end up being Rocky's new guardians, has he been abandoned to your kind care?? Am i right in saying the weather hasn't been too brilliant up there recently? I find it hard to understand why Orkney isn't always under clear blue skies, romantic soul that i am, but i did somehow think that the windy conditions, the lack of mountains, would be condusive to clear skies more often than not?!? It was one of my daughter's birthdays on the 12th June, the day of the overcast Stronsay Gala, and here in Yorkshire the weather was glorious, and hot too (sorry!). Fiona (in York UK) _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger