Me too .

BBQ summer so hot you'll be longer for winter again, according to a news story I read here in Holland. A Welsh weather forecasting company, the only one to get last summer right, says it will be oppressively hot this summer in the UK.
Maybe I'd better book my hols in the UK now .

Hopefully you'll be generous and share some of it with your eastern neighbours .

Well as my brother, Middlesex born but living in Yorkshire since he was 18, says of his own sons: Yorkshire Born, Yorkshire Bred, Strong in't arm and thick in't head.

Yes, I'm married to a Lancastrian but he can't help that .

techno, it's time you invested in some individual pots girl and had a go at hotpot and S&K puds for your self. Got a freezer? make a few and freeze 'em.

Is it snowing there yet? I see snow forecast again for you lot oop north.

Interesting site Doug! Though I have never managed to get that much in my Pretty Bella 7500

I have a Tamrac Expedition 5 (5575) which is my bag of choice for travelling. It is just carry-on legal, though it is heavy. Luckily it's never been weighed yet.
I also have an old model Lowepro Nova, which though smaller holds more than the pretty Bella. But I like my (oatmeal) Pretty Bella for trips when I don't want to scream camera bag, or am feeling very girly. And it is incredibly comfortable for a shoulder bag.

Both the Tamrac and the Lowepro have been in downpours and everything stayed dry inside, no need for an extra rain cover.

That's a good idea too.
I think I am going to have to rethink how I read your name. Not as techno idiot, but as tech, no idiot .

Do you stitch a lot of photos together then nass?
I was going to try star trail photography in La Palma, but never got around to it. Next time I want to give it a try.

Really?
€14.95 here. Seems very reasonable.

Here it is for a better UK price.

This is the Kata strap. Sorry about the camera they use with it .

Thanks. Lemsip didn't help and grandsons turned up so I couldn't take to my bed. Ah well. At least I get out of cooking tonight .

As far as I know there is no way to turn it off. A great source of annoyance to many Pentax owners I know.

I don't know if the K-7 has the same system as the K20D or not.

Pentax used to supply a strap with two little pockets on it - one for the remote and one for the eyepiece cover. Sadly they no longer do that, and I have now switched to a new, more comfortable strap. Kata make a strap with two similar pockets. very useful, but not the strap I chose .

My remote now lives in my SD card case, a natty little case I acquired when I bought a card a while ago.