Greetings all, Many thanks for your response re Mauchline. How helpful you all are. I suddenly got a weird feeling that I am living in a split time zone between here and Wigtownshire - living amongst you as neighbours. It is like walking up the main street of Wigtown and greeting and being greeted by all of you "Good morning, how are you, how's your wee wifie?" What a wonderful thing to happen. That is very much our experience of Scotland, actually. Thanks again, so much. ...David P.S. Sam, we are hanging in with you folk in the devastating floods. Down here in Rockingham we have been scorched for months and surrounded within a few kms by arsonist-lit bushfires. Yesterday we had 30 mm of rain which brought enormous relief. Prayers for some relief up your way!!