Sitting on the window sill downstairs, is a battery charger. In that battery charger is a Pentax battery. Next to the battery is the camera it fits in.......my nice shiny new K20D!
Even more amazing - it is a present from the billpayer

Just placed an order with SRS for the Pentax 17-70, to be delivered to my brother. So I will get that next week whilst I'm over for the funeral. I'm going sleazyjet so no chance to visit Watford sadly.

You could always challenge the English speakers with a Dutch (or Danish) proverb! Give Lilly something to think about

Or pick up an *Ist D (or Ds)cheap

I don't see any photos Simon.

Edit: How odd, now I do, but only after posting the first part of this.
I like the second one the most. The heather is gorgeous.

I really like the machinery shots. Numbers 5 and 7 are my favourites.

Thanks Yves that is a very kind offer! I have a friend in Florida who has offered to do the same so I will probably take her up on it, thankyou.

Clarky, you have to take the camera off the tripod to turn it, but it means if your ball head is set up correctly, ie level, you do not then have to faff about resetting it when you want to take a portrait format photo. They are expensive - nearly all Arca Swiss compatible plates are expensive anyway - L plates are just more so. They are beautifully engineered little things, at least the RRS one is, I haven't seen the Kirk one. A friend has one on his Nikon and I am very impressed with it. Since I have to get a new plate for the K20D I thought I'd go for the L-plate. Especially as I have no plans to buy a grip for the K20D.

It worked. I like the photo - is it your garden shed retreat? Who collects hats??

Thanks Martin. I'm looking for one for the K20D I hope to get really, really soon.
The QR plate I have now is only suitable for the Ds so I thought I'd go for an L plate, it being a bit more practical.
Looking at the prices it is cheaper to get it from the US and cough up the BTW and any duties. Hopefully the douane will be having an off day and let it through - hasn't happened to me yet though
K'berg would order one for me but by the time they have added their cut it gets seriously expensive.

Nobody???

It is my experience on other forums with a separate gallery with no upload limits that they do get abused, used as online storage, and get the entire contents of "my pitures" dumped in them regardless of the quality of those photos. Plus they are used by members who never contribute to the forum and ultimately do not take kindly to criticism by members who are active in the forum.
I left one otherwise very good forum due to such issues, and being flamed for a comments I made in the gallery there. The owner of that forum could not be bothered to moderate correctly when it came to the gallery.
I am completely in favour of a one per day limit for the gallery, though it is nice as a subscriber to get a little perk such as multiple uploads.
I think the gallery should be for your best photos, the ones you are truly happy with. C&C photos should be in the forum, so that everyone can learn from them.