Agreed Boab, and it's a great pity, because Scotland is one of the most beautiful countries you could hope to find on this earth.

It's a damn shame that I can't afford to go there very often.

The land of my ancestors, Eire, has been doing the same thing for the last 20 years, and that's another stunningly beautiful place I can't afford to visit.

I can go to Florida (hurricanes permitting) on the other side of the atlantic for considerably less. How sad is that?

Don T.