I was intending to pay a visit myself, may see some of you chaps there.

I'm going to have to find that magazine now to see if they did

WOW!

Are you sure it doesn't use Magnesium

My new toy arrived this morning, cant say what cos' it's not a Pentax, but after playing with it for an hour or so I loaded one of the out of date films that accompanied it and snapped my very first frame of the back garden, I then put it to one side on the kitchen worktop with the intention of getting out later to rattle a few frames off.

Half an hour later I went to put the kettle on for coffee and absent mindedly picked up my new toy and cocked and fired the shutter several times, till it suddenly dawned on me I had loaded it with film

I see the birds back

Stop taking the XXXX

C'mon Dave, even I spotted that from my first look at the sellers ebay account
Perhaps the seller intends to donate a percentage of the proceeds to the forum

Modern WCs are a pain, or at least replacing the washers is, unless you know exactly what make of valve is fitted you take pot luck at getting the right one, best bet is to take the washer down to a plumbers merchants and burst into tears at the counter, forget the likes of B&Q who sometimes don't even stock replacements for the valves they supply with new cisterns

For you Bradford folk I can highly recommend one on Nelson Street that share their name with an Aussie beer

I think you did well under the circumstances, most if not all butterfly farms need good light coming through the glass roofs.

Last few visits I've had to TW has been reasonable with the light but unfortunately there wasn't much about in the butterfly house, it seems to have become a little run down, we visited the one in Stratford upon Avon a couple of years ago and it was absolutely teeming with several species, I can definitely recommend that one if anyone is in the area.

Apart from the MZ-s none of the MZ series seem to sell very well, I've considered selling my MZ7 on several occasions but for the pityfull prices they fetch it's not worth bothering.

It's a crying shame because many film cameras now offered for sale have been treasured possessions and well looked after. I think HG has the estimate about right, if you split them you may be lucky and get a bit more.