Right, seeing as many of you seemed reluctant to reply to the subscription email that was sent to you, I've taken the liberty of subscribing you directly! I hope you don't mind, but if you do please go to the list homepage (www.freelists.org/list/rurallife) and unsubscribe yourself. In the meantime, Happy New Year and I hope to see you all next week. Chris -- Chris Shepheard writing as himself chris.shepheard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from far west Surrey www.chrispics.co.uk