Hi PA

I had a look at the Laners website - don't look the Lovers Lane type to me. (Check out the shirts). Why are so many folkies called Dave, Derek and Martin? Enjoy your evening.

It was a nice evening at Dunstable yesterday. I hadn't seen Bert or Pat since the New Year and it was good to catch up on Winter weather on a houseboat. They will be at Barton next week.

How late into 2007 can you still say Happy New Year to people without looking like you're a nerd with a comic relief red nose on your car 6 months after the event?

And to finish the News with the weather report - snow has melted away in sunny Stevenage. I was very thoughtful and cleared the snow off my husband's car windows this morning. It was great fun - I wanted to do the whole cul de sac.

BTW. A white van marked 'Data Agency' or suchlike drove at a snail's pace in, around and out of the road yesterday lunchtime. Very disconcerting. What information do you think they could they be collecting?