Eric, now I really am shagged! Why I am still awake at this unlikely hour, after a hard days graft reclaiming bricks from rubble, and a long walk with Mrs S along the Humber bank, is beyond me.

We looked across at the Pride of Rotterdam, and the strange things Wolfgang did to the space/time continuum came back to me. I really couldn't believe we were aboard her so few earth hours before. I know these are the tricks fatigue plays, but can anyone ever have had so much in such an allegedly short time.

We'll let the nitty gritty seep out as them involved recall it, but my overiding desire is to join my many friends in saying a gargantuan thank you to Wolfgang, Petra and little Sophie for providing the co-ordinates for this wonderful collision.

I appreciate Mudcat is only in it's formative years, but I feel (and fervently hope) it will be with us for many more, and I will feel a great swelling of the chest when I let slip I was in Munster for the very first European gathering.

God bless you all, who came and shared. We have a special bond.

Greg