He's not sharing my cabin though .

The way petrol prices are going it is going to be a seriously expensive trip . I'm half expecting the ferry company to add a fuel surcharge tbh.

Water off a (WT)Duck's back all of it.

And none of you got my 5000th post.

Congratulations Stefan - you win my 5000th post! Good of you to drop in again

Thank you all for the comments on the photos.

The aurora in reality, was astounding. At least the second time we saw it. The first time was a bit underwhelming, but the second time we had over two hours of dancing lights. I'm not a very spiritual person, but it was almost a spiritual experience.

Someone said of the scenery that she felt she was in the middle of a Lord of the Rings film .

Dog sledding was cold, uncomfortable (only 1cm of plastic between my bum and the snow/ice, a good job it's well padded :lol, but exhilarating too.

I had a terrific trip, with one or two minor hiccups. I'd recommend it to anyone.

I'm now officially a member of the Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society too.

Mine has that too. Frustrating as you never know when it will strike. I missed a few shots on holiday because of it, but I'm not sending it in for fixing. At least not yet.

It's no good I can't keep quiet .

I love hot food - Mexican, Tex Mex, Thai. Just not Indian style curries.

Forgive my ignorance but how far is Falkirk from Edinburgh?

Dan, with regard to software have a look at Photoshop Elements. It does nearly everything full Photoshop does, certainly everything a novice at digital photography would want, and costs a fraction of the price.

The newest version is 9 but you can get the earlier versions for a lot less money. Don't go any earlier than Photoshop 6 if you want to be able to shoot K20D PEFs and be able to handle them though. K20D DNGs are huge so I wouldn't use DNG on a K20D.

I'll have to be silent for a long time for that.

Another 5 posts and I'll make it to 5000.

Oh yes I'll drink them with pleasure, providing they are good.

I developed a taste for Akevit in Norway .

This will probably get me evicted from the forum, but I don't like curry.