Good grief - my sun lounge was at 84 degrees - so I just opened the door betweeb it and the living room

But I am irritated at putting the light on - oh it is raining RATHER heavily

It's only 7pm and I've got to put a light on !!!!

I have even e-mailed them - I did it with my first order and mentioned that my Pentax User Forum ID was .........

The discount [ free postage ] was applied .

I normally use the phone - georaphical numbers are included as free calls on my phone plan - so it's easy that way for me. Never had any problem

I like the stork's nest

Thank you - I knew someone would come up with some idea as to where I could start

I have some acid free tissue paper - I'll wrap it loosely in that till September and then get on with the job .

I have a copy [ maybe 2 - still need to locate the second one ] of a book which was privately printed / published in 1833 in Kilmarnock.

This is the account of the life and travels of a young boy , in a very small village, near the long border with Spain, in Portugal. He became a servant to one of the surgeons in Wellington's army and eventually sailed to Scotland , trained as a Doctor and spent the rest of his life working as a doctor in a town here. It's a fascinating account of his journey across Portugal to the coast , and his landing in Scotland, and we are rightly proud of our ancestor .

Snag is that the book [ A5 sized approx ] is now very elderly and is starting to deteriorate . Its covers are fabric on board of some type and some of the pages are now loose - but all are there.

Does the collective wisdom of PUF have any idea as to how to store this book ? I do wish it to be preserved so that it can be passed on down the family. I would hope to be able to prevent any further deterioration .

NUmber 1 for me It's the tiny details that appeal - the rain drops and the little pin pricks of light on the horizon .

Fascinating shot

Gracious HG - Virgin do seem to have been having problems

My Virgin e-mail had 3 days of very dodgy behaviour - and there was absolutely nowt on the Server status page. I did manage to establish that others were having problems too .

How lovely to see that

Surely that has been repainted at some time