Brett,
Just caught up with your thread. I'm travelling in UK, mainly family business, but catching up with the odd session (great hospitality in Chester), and inducting my 10 yr old nephew who is starting to play. I came over mainly for a family wedding (sang 'Fields of Gold' at it in late summer country England), and to pitch in helping to move my mother which is a major family exercise.
Sorry to hear about your troubles - the kind we don't need, just hassle upon hassle for nothing. But as all your friends say, hang in there, and don't let it get between you and what you love. Just work through it, and keep singing. And just tell Wakana's mother you were built for resonance!
Names for brooks? After a brief drive round the Lake District, I wouldn't know where to start!
Chris