Thanks for the comments here, and the PMs. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the PMs are from interested people rightfully fearful of ridicule here, which is presumably why we were asked to run the course in the first place, as there are obviously folk interested in becoming involved without feeling their way round this impenetrable culture perpetuated by attitudes displayed here.

I would also point out that the course cost compares favourably with training weekends such as the Workout Weekend run by Folkworks, and is offered in the same spirit.

Please will any further interested UK Mudcatters contact me by PM as there seems no point in further feeding grammatically challenged trolls here.