Thanx for all your advice, duly passed on. I am now told the Mepal lads have now got the requisite cover note and will be dancing today in the Fenland villages and local schools on Plough Monday while I fester in my London office. There will also be a team going out at the Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival on Saturday. I think they expect me to dance using a broom. Hhmmm!