Hi LadyJean, thanks for your kind wishes and suggestions. My daughter has left me a garbled message telling me flights to and from London from Klagenfurt, so by tomorrow I hope to have them translated and confirmed with her, and to have worked out my actual times of arrival and departure from London.

Yes, you were right Giok, I won't be going north this time. I'm very much looking forward to it all, however, and to roaming about here and there. My potent memories from last time are - hydrangeas and strawberries - the australian copies are mere cardboard, compared to their British versions.

i'll post again tomorrow

freda