Sandra - I had a really nice e-mail from Chris, saying

"We loved the reception we had from your colleagues, and it was a lovely relaxed atmosphere to end on, and the sort of informal approach we would have preferred everywhere really. They were also the only civil service audience who did sing along."

The Bude thread has a link to pictures of the Shiny Bums posted by Hawker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45752049@N00/

Kitty