Smallpiper, I have accounted for all 18 beasts. But not "Lodger" Frank or Mrs Drinkall at no 21.

There is talk around here of a crack Humberside Police Underwater Search and Ceiledh Unit which trains on Friday afternoons in a borrowed submarine in the crystal waters of the Humber. I think you may have spotted it earlier.

Enjoy Durham. It should be shit-free gig tomorrow, but Ossonflags may impose his own agenda on the affair, without realising that we are ready for him. I will have a detailed report on your desk at Goxhill on Wednesday.