Finally,


...back online after several weeks away in the wilderness and a few adventures I'd rather forget followed by a laptop meltdown (possibly the long term effect of too much travelling) which left me voiceless for a couple of weeks until I managed to pick up this basic but operational desktop - now to begin the lengthy process of reloading programmes... sigh.

meantime, somewhere between the kitchen ceiling and the bathroom floorboards Basil the nocturnal rodent seems to have taken up residence - never a quiet moment in this house! More on this as soon as I manage to pin him down ;-)