Hello Allan We feel for you - what a stressful move! When we moved from Cape Town, we were faced with similar problems, but at least the house was habitable and the huge internal garage was available to contain all the workshop equipment - but is still took several months to settle in properly. Enjoy the delight of a week on the Birmingham canals and pubs and build up your strength! We are about spend nearly a week in Hay-on-Wye, and the weather forecast is favourable. Here's strength to you elbow! Cheers! Hubert MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.